self-important
adjective
self-im·por·tant
ˌself-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt 
-tənt
: having or showing self-importance
self-importantly
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of self-important in a Sentence
a self-important businessman who believed his schedule mattered more than anyone else's
Recent Examples on the Web
What about Miami would attract a phony, conniving, self-important, billionaire pedophile?
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
And both weave rich tapestries out of seemingly disconnected actions through a panoramic collection of archetypes: the criminal outsider, the lonely lady, the political expert, the self-important political climber, the master manipulator.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
Trailer spoofs In place of self-important promotion, Oldenburg every year releases a festival trailer spoofing a major blockbuster or cult movie.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
The result is Shin Godzilla, a bone-dry satire of government impotence and self-important bureaucrats that’s the most realistic installment in the series since the original.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Not everyone is bland, gossipy and self-important anywhere.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
The series is sincere but not self-important, slightly silly but not embarrassed about it.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
And everything is so self-important and self-serious.
—Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
The technology world can be, to its detriment, too analytical, sort of arrogant, and self-important, and those characteristics are anti-empathy.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
And both weave rich tapestries out of seemingly disconnected actions through a panoramic collection of archetypes: the criminal outsider, the lonely lady, the political expert, the self-important political climber, the master manipulator.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
Trailer spoofs In place of self-important promotion, Oldenburg every year releases a festival trailer spoofing a major blockbuster or cult movie.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
The result is Shin Godzilla, a bone-dry satire of government impotence and self-important bureaucrats that’s the most realistic installment in the series since the original.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Not everyone is bland, gossipy and self-important anywhere.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
The series is sincere but not self-important, slightly silly but not embarrassed about it.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
And everything is so self-important and self-serious.
—Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
The technology world can be, to its detriment, too analytical, sort of arrogant, and self-important, and those characteristics are anti-empathy.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Self-important.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-important. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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