SELF-AFFECTED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

self-affected

adjective

Definition of self-affected

as in self-pleased

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Adjective

Other issues important to him are allocating more money for the state’s infrastructure and funding for schools, according to his campaign website.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
But the details are important, and the realization that not everything may be working efficiently or correctly.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of important

Adjective

Going into next season, how does Charles keep his optimistic outlook in the face of all that?

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026
Firefighters made progress keeping the fire in check, however, and officials were optimistic the city would be in the clear once the worst of the wind died down Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of optimistic

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

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Like a proud zookeeper showing off the rarest specimen in his collection, Corsini rarely tries the same trick twice.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Minetree, born the same year as the original film, embraces Elle's optimistic and hardworking spirit, admitting initial nervousness about the iconic role but ultimately feeling proud.

— Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of proud

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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

Adjective

Without saying a word to her children, Janet scooped the shirt out of the sink and marched it across the kitchen, rosy splotches dotting the linoleum at her feet.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Things might be less rosy during the second half of the year, with the team mired in last place.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of rosy

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