hubristic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hubristic
Adjective
  • The men were very egotistical in this film and no one really showed up.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • In the upcoming film, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • In the workplace, narcissistic individuals often display an overwhelming sense of superiority and entitlement.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • But they're all ruled by hate, self-loathing, narcissistic, mangled lives.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bang is perfect for this kind of role, playing an imposing figure who can be both aloof and egocentric, and whose grand stature diminishes as the film progresses.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
  • Impulsive, egocentric, and mendacious, Trump has, in the same span, set fire to the integrity of his office.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 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
Adjective
  • Not to the founders — three vainglorious men who had been born with the world in their hands and their futures glittering like gold coins waiting to be spent — but to the people of Hartford.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • Too many American leaders seem more focused on the vainglorious posturing that too often leads to armed conflict.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • The result is a country that comes across to others as at once boastful about its growing power and prickly about criticism of its human-rights record.
    Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
  • Then create templates for sharing these results across different platforms (social posts, case study formats, website sections) that highlight the concrete proof of my expertise without sounding boastful.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Twenty-three years of a smug, smarmy host, and a bunch of sportswriters desperate for sound bites and attention.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • There’s the divorced couple maintaining their relationship for their children; the happy and occasionally smug monogamist; the man who prefers not to commit; the woman who can’t decide.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The history of finance is one of the rise and fall of institutions, sometimes when managers become complacent or greedy.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 30 May 2025
  • But Vance urged the supporters not to become complacent and to continue to remain involved in politics for the 2026 election and beyond.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 May 2025
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“Hubristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hubristic. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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