pretension; conceit; hubris
Example sentences
彼はうぬぼれが強過ぎるのでだれからも嫌われる。
He is so full of conceit that everybody dislikes him.
自分の美しさに対する彼女のうぬぼれに多くの人が腹を立てた。
Her conceit about her beauty annoyed many people.
ジョンは実に利己的で、ややうぬぼれもある。彼は仲良くやっていくにはむずかしい男だ。
I think John is quite selfish, and a little bit vain. He isn't easy to get on with.
More N1 vocabulary
- 齎らすto bring; to take; to bring about
- 優越supremacy; predominance; being superior to
- 不服dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement
- 開催holding a meeting; open an exhibition
- 内閣cabinet; (government) ministry
- 正当just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; lawful