All 16 Uses of
conceit
in
Gone with the Wind
- He bore the honor gravely and with no untoward conceit, as though it were only his due.†
Chpt 1.1conceit = excessive pride
- No, that was too conceited for belief.†
Chpt 1.6 *conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- In fact, Mammy had spent her time deflating her conceit.†
Chpt 2.8conceit = excessive pride
- Just because you're conceited at being the 'great blockader' doesn't give you the right to insult women.†
Chpt 2.9conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- He could no more resist pricking the conceits, the hypocrisies and the flamboyant patriotism of those about him than a small boy can resist putting a pin into a balloon.†
Chpt 2.12
- Oh, men are so conceited they'll believe anything that flatters them......I must never let him dream what straits we're in, not till I've got him.†
Chpt 4.32conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- Conceited old fool, she thought.†
Chpt 4.35
- Well, she wouldn't swell his conceit by complimenting him on his cleverness.†
Chpt 4.36conceit = excessive pride
- "Oh, for God's sake, hush!" interrupted Scarlett, annoyed as usual when he made her look like a conceited fool, and not caring to have Ashley and his honor become the subject of further conversation.†
Chpt 4.38conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- "Add conceit to dishonor," he said.†
Chpt 4.43conceit = excessive pride
- If you are comparing him with yourself, you conceited thing, why— He's not like you, thank God!†
Chpt 4.43conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- You are coarse and conceited and I think this conversation has gone far enough.†
Chpt 4.47
- Well, don't fly off the handle so, because I didn't lie and make you feel conceited.†
Chpt 4.47
- All too fast for mere fondness I would think, if I were conceited.†
Chpt 4.47
- He hadn't changed, nothing had changed, and she had been a fool, a stupid, conceited, silly fool, thinking he loved her.†
Chpt 5.54
- If I'm pale it's your fault and not because I've missed you, you conceited thing.†
Chpt 5.56
Definitions:
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(1)
(conceit as in: confident, but not conceited) feelings of excessive pride
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly and archaically, conceit can mean to conceive.