biggety

adjective

ˈbi-gə-tē How to pronounce biggety (audio)
variants or biggity
Southern & Midland
as in proud
having too high an opinion of oneself he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggety
  1. proud
  2. smug
  3. arrogant
  4. vain
  5. important
  6. vainglorious
Adjective
  • Montalvo is proud of the robust programming the county offers inmates on everything from financial literacy to mental health.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • On top of the new pup, Swift is the proud owner of three cats.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 July 2026
Definition of proud
Adjective
  • Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
  • Li at times plays Cola with a smug impetuousness that belies her naivety about this world to a satisfying degree.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
Definition of smug
Adjective
  • West Germany, arrogant attitude adjusted, pounded Chile, 4-1.
    — David j. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.
    — Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • Paul Breitner, West Germany vs Italy, 1982 All in vain, but Breitner restores some German pride with a tidy, low volley on the turn after Italy fail to clear a corner.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • And so vain and superstitious were the KGB’s analysis of Ronald Reagan.
    — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of vain
Adjective
  • Saturday’s humid match was extremely important to England and France fans in attendance.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
  • That love began with an important technological introduction.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of important
Adjective
  • Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
  • Melodramatic and vainglorious, moody and capricious, a fidgety, neurotic hypochondriac, Stalin was a bundle of appalling contradictions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of vainglorious
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