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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egotistic
Adjective
  • Wentworth needed to find some humility to temper his natural prideful streak.
    Brandon Taylor, Time, 17 July 2025
  • The ability to recite an obscure Lloyd Banks verse earned you some prideful grins or, even better, earnest assistance with your performance.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • In this story, the father’s behavior is exemplary and mothers (more than one) are selfish with bad habits who don’t act to their children’s benefit.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • The removal of living beings from their natural environment, along with the massive scale of human intervention, can be just as pernicious as the instinctive and selfish destruction that is often overlooked.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • As the day goes on, Jim goes from a caricature of an arrogant male director to an oddly compelling picture of a pathetic man, moved by spite toward his ex-wife, Anita.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
  • Actor Tyler Hilton played Chris Keller, a charming but arrogant musician, on four seasons of the teen soap.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Pursuing a relationship in order to feel proud of oneself, more competent or even validated.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • Bobby Lee is proud of Borderlands, but his experience at the movie's premiere wasn't entirely pleasant.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • Avoid being domineering, but also avoid being stepped on by someone else.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
  • My Mom Died is a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy’s struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • In the video, the cavalier King Charles left people in stitches with her dramatic howls.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
  • In 2021, Yesha Yadav, of Vanderbilt Law School, identified structural fragilities in the market, caused by simple cavalier inattention: Why bother scrutinizing the safest thing out there?
    Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Egotistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egotistic. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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