āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Conceit
01
āĻ āĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦ
excessive pride in oneself or one's abilities, often manifesting as vanity or arrogance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She could n't stand his constant boasting and conceit about his accomplishments.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
02
an unrealistic or overconfident idea or belief
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her conceit that she could finish the project alone proved unrealistic.
03
an artistic device used to create a particular effect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A conceit in the choreography emphasized the dancer's elegance.
04
an elaborate or far-fetched poetic image or comparison between very dissimilar things, used in literature
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The poem 's central conceit likened time to a thief.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
