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Adjective
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There is often tension between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but to make this kind of public accusation – that his mother behaved in a narcissistic, controlling and disturbingly sexualised way – is unforgivable.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026 -
On a far too frequent basis, Americans have listened to the erratic falsehoods of a pathologically narcissistic president while our Republican leaders in Congress cower in the corners of their offices in a state of self-protective paralysis.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The attention to amusing detail is evident throughout, from the vainglorious mayor’s ample display of chest fur to the very long wintry outfit Gary De’Snake wears in snowy conditions.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Nov. 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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As of this week, thanks to the egocentric exertions of the current President and his obedient underlings and friends, the place has been renamed the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2025
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As a chef’s kiss, Manning plays for Texas, a yearslong egocentric underachiever that plenty of college football fans love to hate.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In hindsight, that moment of hubristic braggadocio may have provoked the wrath of the retail gods.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
19 Nov. 2025
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In our own history, the failures of the Vietnam and Iraq wars owed less to insufficient brawn than to arrogance, cultural blindness, and the hubristic dismissal of diplomacy as weakness.—
Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But that poem is no smug cliché.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Marcello is looking especially smug and evil in this scene for reasons unclear.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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And his judgment of them is based on his own seeming goodness, and his refusal of the kind of boastful artifice with which Maia and Tallulah live their lives.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Dec. 2025
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The Game of Thrones actor is the voice behind Lockhart, the boastful Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second book of J.K. Rowling's beloved series.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
15 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Their roles are reversed when O’Brien’s cocky, young CEO must look to McAdams’ strategic planning and survival know-how to stay alive.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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But everybody’s favorite NFL linebacker is allowed to be cocky.—
Samyra,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Market watchers said the increases are not investors being complacent, but fundamentals like the absence of major oil shocks and the expectation that easier monetary policy and AI spending will continue to underpin earnings growth.—
Chloe Taylor,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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So why is Sacramento allowing cities to be so complacent in their fiscal reporting responsibilities?—
John Moorlach,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Orgulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgulous. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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