SELF-AFFECTED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

self-affected

adjective

Definition of self-affected

as in self-pleased

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Adjective

Ironically, the authority of doctors was supremely important to medieval people, even if the treatments seem barbaric and ineffective now.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
That choice was to keep him fresh for the more important league game on the weekend.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of important

Adjective

Masses will want to know well into early 2027 in what’s an optimistic start to Disney’s 2027 box office year.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Galinson is, however, optimistic that there is an appetite for positive change, at least in the third and fourth tiers.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of optimistic

Adjective

Earlier in the afternoon, Becerra’s rival, Republican Steve Hilton, made the case that Democrats like Becerra were complacent in the face of rising costs and an exodus in residents.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Firefighters knocked down several new blazes Friday, and officials warned crews not to grow complacent during mop-up.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of complacent

Adjective

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.

— Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of conceited

Adjective

This Queens bakery comes from two restaurant-industry veterans and proud Filipinos Kimberly Camara and Kevin Borja, who started a pop-up back in 2020 and quickly developed a cult following that demanded a brick-and-mortar.

— Kyle Beechey, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2026
Salesforce is proud to be an early investor, customer, and partner.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of proud

Adjective

Does little Arabella care about going to another stuffy awards dinner with her pompous dad?

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Definition of pompous

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