pleased with oneself
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
To be happy about one's accomplishments, especially, to be more proud more than one should be.
Example Sentences
- "Nixon confirmed that the Chinese Communists at first demanded that throughout the communique Taiwan be referred to as "a province of China." He said he had demurred, insisting that the U.S. side could refer to Taiwan only as "a part of China." Nixon's reasoning was that being dubbed "a province of China" would place Taiwan immediately in a subordinate position vis-a-vis the People's Republic of China; whereas being labeled "a part of China" would give Taiwan, despite its smaller size, a higher status vis-a-vis the mainland. I could tell by listening to Nixon that he was very pleased with himself on this matter."
Inflected Forms
more pleased with oneself (comparative)
most pleased with oneself (superlative)