biggety

big·ge·ty

adjective \ˈbi-gə-tē\

Definition of BIGGETY

1

Southern & Midland : conceited, vain

2

Southern & Midland : rudely self-important : impudent <never acted biggety in court, but she would bow her head only so low — Claude Brown>

Variants of BIGGETY

big·ge·ty or big·gi·ty \ˈbi-gə-tē\

Examples of BIGGETY

1. <he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales>

Origin of BIGGETY

big + -ety (as in persnickety)

First Known Use: 1880

Related to BIGGETY

Synonyms

assured, conceited (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, complacent, consequential, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swellheaded, vain, vainglorious

Antonyms

egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent

Related Words

blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering; arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, lofty, lordly, masterful, peremptory, pontifical, self-asserting, self-assertive, snobbish, snobby, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity; domineering, high-handed, imperious; highfalutin (also hifalutin), holier-than-thou, pretentious; overconfident, presuming, presumptuous; confident, self-assured, self-confident; self-adulatory, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-gratulatory; self-applauding, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting; self-affected, self-centered, self-engrossed, selfish; condescending, patronizing

Near Antonyms

diffident, self-critical, self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-reproachful, self-reproving; meek, timid, unassertive; down-to-earth, unarrogant, unassuming, unpretentious; bashful, demure, introverted, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, retiring, sheepish, shrinking, shy