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noun. Unduly favorable estimation of one's own abilities or worth; overly positive self-regard.

noun. Estimation or opinion of something, especially when favorable.

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noun. A witty expression or fanciful idea.

noun. A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison.

noun. The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.

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noun. A decorative article; a knickknack.

noun. An extravagant, fanciful, and elaborate construction or structure.

transitive verb. To take a fancy to.

transitive verb. To understand; conceive.

To conceive; imagine; think; suppose; form an idea of.

Reflexively, to imagine; fancy; think; believe: implying error.

To cause to imagine.

To form a notion; have an opinion; conceive.

noun. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; conception; idea; thought; image.

noun. The faculty of conceiving; understanding; apprehension.

noun. Opinion; estimation; view or belief.

noun. An undue opinion; a baseless fancy; a crotchety notion.

noun. An exaggerated estimate of one's own mental ability, or of the importance or value of what one has done; an overvaluation of one's own acuteness, wit, learning, etc.; self-conceit: as, a man inflated with conceit.

noun. A witty, happy, or ingenious thought or expression; a quaint or humorous fancy; wit; humor; ingenuity; especially, in modern usage, a quaint or odd thought; a thought or expression intended to be striking or poetical, but rather far-fetched, insipid, or pedantic.

noun. A fanciful or ingenious device or invention.

noun. A trifle; a dainty; a kickshaw.

noun. Synonyms Vagary, whim, illusion.

noun. Pride, Vanity, etc. (see egotism), self-sufficiency, self-complacency.

transitive verb. To conceive; to imagine.

intransitive verb. To form an idea; to think.

noun. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

noun. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.

noun. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

noun. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

noun. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

noun. Design; pattern.

noun. in accord with; agreeing or conforming.

noun. not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress.

noun. to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

verb. To form an idea; to think.

noun. an artistic device or effect

noun. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

noun. feelings of excessive pride

noun. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase

noun. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

"His persons, however distressed, _have a conceit left them in their misery, a miserable conceit_."

imagination  out of conceit  

conceited  conceitedly  conceitedness  

device  figure  figure of speech  image  pride  

Crete  Deet  Delete  Fleet  Grete  

affectation  arrogance  audacity  caprice  delusion  

abstract thought  act of thought  affectation  aggressive self-confidence  amour propre