(adj) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, Syn. vain, egotistic, egotistical, swollen-headed, self-conceited, swollen, Example:a conceited fool; an attitude of self-conceited arrogance; an egotistical disregard of others; so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty; growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary; vain about her clothes