conceiting

present participle of conceit, chiefly dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceiting
Verb
  • Green’s photographs capture not just the heaviness of choice, but the joy of imagining different lives.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In his eight wins, all eight have come inside the distance, with only two fights seeing a second round.
    Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.
    Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of picturing a style in her head or printing a 2D version for clients, Koop and other Alta users can look through lifelike representations of wardrobe pieces.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • For someone like me, who has trouble picturing things that are not immediately in front of her, watching people run up the hill was illuminating.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That's when the concept of dreaming as a neurocognitive process first came about, per the APA.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • His motorsports journey took a slightly different path compared to other F1 prospects, dreaming of being a NASCAR driver before discovering his strength lay in road courses.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Conceiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceiting. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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