Conceits [noun]
Definition of Conceits:
egotism
Synonyms of Conceits:
● Arrogance
● Narcissism
● Self-love
● Swagger
● Complacency
● Vainglory
● Self-importance
● Self-regard
● Pomposity
● Consequence
● Pride
● Vanity
● Amour-propre
● Vainness
● Smugness
● Stuffiness
● Complacence
● Immodesty
● Swelled head
● Outrecuidance
● Self-admiration
● Self-conceit
● Self-exaltation
● Snottiness
Opposite/Antonyms of Conceits:
● Timidity
● Self-consciousness
● Shyness
● Meekness
● Modesty
● Humility
Sentence/Example of Conceits:
By the time she reaches her desperate endgame, however, he has taken us beyond the tropes of his faux-horror conceit and brought us squarely into the climax of a caper film.
While this conceit might feel forced in the hands of a lesser writer, Mendelsohn pulls it off surprisingly well.
Even if you believe that to be so, Cassie’s doggedness is an exhausting and not particularly deep conceit for a film.
If we accept the conceit of Gray’s book and just look at how cats live, then maybe we can learn a thing or two.
All of that could have been alleviated, perhaps, by a cast capable of finding truth within the conceits and translating them to the screen in a form that at least resonates with real human emotion.
The fund will face pressure as investors will be watching closely to see if its core conceit — targeting diverse Midwest-based founders — will lead to outsize gains.
Having seen no service, he owed his appointment largely to his conceit and good looks.
I am out of conceit with England just now; and would far rather have gone to the Antipodes.
It would argue too much literary conceit on my part were I anxious to restore it to the light of day.
It came to Lowell in a flash that Bill's arrogance sprang from something deeper than mere conceit or drunkenness.