self-important

Had he ever done something like in Newtown, every self-important shrink on TV would have claimed they'd have seen it coming.

It was small and self-important rather than big and magnanimous.

They get bloated, self-important, and impossible to deal with.

And though we journalists can be a little self-important, we are not the only ones under surveillance.

Real Spike will never sound that self-important, no matter how artistic he gets.

She was more self-important and self-assertive, and Zizi wondered if she had learned something definite against some suspect.

A self-important postmaster, especially of a little town, like the political carpet-bagger, has no respect for ancient landmarks.

She could feel the cool air of the morning again, and hear the crowing of a self-important cock.

After the division, the vain, self-important spirit of Ephraim broke out in a characteristic way.

“I saw the very same thing done,” added Tommy, with his usual self-important air.