All 10 Uses of
conceit
in
The Catcher in the Rye
- He's a conceited sonuvabitch.†
Chpt 3
- He's conceited, but he's very generous in some things.†
Chpt 3
- He was too conceited.†
Chpt 4
- Every time you mention some guy that's strictly a bastard—very mean, or very conceited and all—and when you mention it to the girl, she'll tell you he has an inferiority complex.†
Chpt 18
- ...the reason she thought he was conceited was because he happened to mention to her that he was captain of the debating team.
Chpt 18 *conceited = too proud
- She told Roberta he was too conceited—and the reason she thought he was conceited was because he happened to mention to her that he was captain of the debating team.†
Chpt 18
- A little thing like that, and she thought he was conceited!†
Chpt 18
- The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has an inferiority complex, and if they don't like him, no matter how nice a guy he is, or how big an inferiority complex he has, they'll say he's conceited.†
Chpt 18
- There was this one boy at Elkton Hills, named James Castle, that wouldn't take back something he said about this very conceited boy, Phil Stabile.†
Chpt 22
- James Castle called him a very conceited guy, and one of Stabile's lousy friends went and squealed on him to Stabile.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(conceit as in: confident, but not conceited) feelings of excessive pride