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Adjective
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Sian Clifford gives a larger-than-life performance as a narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abraham’s eccentric mockumentary.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025 -
As the show’s narcissistic heel, Impacciatore’s performance reminds me of Janelle James’ saccharine-cutting turn in Abbott.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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All but the most vainglorious architects imagine that their buildings will change in some small way after completion.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
2 Sep. 2025
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The real real thing tended to be rather different: clumsy, ad hoc, vainglorious—and secret.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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The community organizer turned president turned socialite has never been great at hiding his egocentric ways.—
Grace Curley,
Boston Herald,
21 July 2025
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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
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The seminal story of hubristic man’s creation of intelligence, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, arose from the voice of a 19-year-old woman.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The hubristic nature of the expedition that follows, and the landscapes captured, call to mind a very different Herzog title.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Howard sells his smug malice, digging into Matt in a way no one has before until the whole thing devolves into a physical fight.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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In fact, Martineau’s sign angered plenty of Democrats, some of whom were already worried that smug liberal activists are harming the party.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Being praised too openly can be seen as boastful, even if the employee never asked for the attention.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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But the mob was discreet compared to Trump’s brazen, boastful ways.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Thanks to its partnership with Microsoft, resulting in near total control of PC chips throughout the 1990s, Intel got cocky.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ahmed will play cocky Flight Nurse Zay Patel, Meyboom as spirited rookie Flight Nurse Piper Adler, Eling as charming First Officer Wyatt Ellis, Lee as ambitious pilot Maya Yang, and Smith as Captain Riley, a globe-trotting pilot with a past connection to Wheezer.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This doesn’t mean the United States should be complacent.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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Chism won’t be taking his foot off the gas pedal or get complacent now that he’s made the team.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Orgulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgulous. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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