Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-obsessed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: self--ob-sessed
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical.

Example Sentences

"I have always suffered from a tendency to generate panic out of my own fears and imaginings; I think it is a common weakness of the self-obsessed."

Etymology

From self- + obsessed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self

Inflected Forms

more self-obsessed (comparative) most self-obsessed (superlative)

Questions

What does self-obsessed mean?: Deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical.
Where does self-obsessed come from?: From self- + obsessed.

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