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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, haughty, individualistic, inflated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, self-involved, self-serving, selfish, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, wrapped up in oneself |
| Main Entry: | selfish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking only of oneself |
| Synonyms: | egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, greedy*, hoggish, mean, mercenary, miserly, narcissistic, narrow, narrow-minded, out for number one, parsimonious, prejudiced, self-centered, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-seeking, stingy, ungenerous, wrapped up in oneself |
| Antonyms: | caring, kind, unselfish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sordid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, bad, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, scurvy, seedy, self-seeking, selfish, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, reputable, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | unscrupulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral |
| Synonyms: | arrant, base, casuistic, conscienceless, corrupt, crafty, crooked, deceitful, degraded, degrading, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, exploitative, illegal, improper, low-down, mercenary, perfidious, petty, questionable, recreant, ruthless, scandalous, scheming, self-seeking, selfish, shady, shameless, shifty, sinister, slippery, sly, two-faced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unprincipled, unworthy, venal, wicked, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | ethical, good, moral, principled, scrupulous |
| Main Entry: | egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | conceited, egocentric, egoistical, egotistical, narcissistic, pompous, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish, smug, stuck-up, vain, vainglorious |
| Main Entry: | egoistical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, narcissistic, pompous, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish, smug, stuck-up, vain, vainglorious |
| Main Entry: | egotistical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, narcissistic, pompous, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish, smug, stuck-up, vain, vainglorious |
| Main Entry: | self-involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, haughty, individualistic, inflated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, wrapped up in oneself |
| Main Entry: | self-serving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, haughty, individualistic, inflated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, self-involved, self-seeking, selfish, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, wrapped up in oneself |
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