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And his judgment of them is based on his own seeming goodness, and his refusal of the kind of boastful artifice with which Maia and Tallulah live their lives.—
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2025
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The Game of Thrones actor is the voice behind Lockhart, the boastful Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second book of J.K. Rowling's beloved series.—
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Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.—
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Thorpe is a braggart whose own extravagance is bolstered by imagining everyone else to be immensely wealthy.—
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The Pitt definitely feels like the type of workplace where conceited doctors-in-training are pretty much guaranteed to quickly get knocked down a peg.—
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But Grande’s conceited blonde bubblehead gains in stature here as Glinda assumes statesmanlike responsibility to spread goodness in Oz, while experiencing crushing romantic disappointment that humbles her and deflates her vanity.—
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That means the recall effort led by Alex Otaola, the bombastic Spanish-language YouTube host, needs about 550 signatures per day to stay on pace to meet the deadline in four months.—
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Gothic visuals and bombastic performances are sure to pull horror buffs into Penny Dreadful's world.—
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Figure skater Adriana Russo (Madelyn Keys) begins training for the world championships and falls for her new partner, a cocky but talented skater named Brayden Elliot (Cale Ambrozic).—
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Marty Supreme follows a wildly gifted, unapologetically cocky aspiring table tennis superstar named Marty Mauser (Chalamet), grinding it in Lower Manhattan circa 1952.—
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A lot of people who are that level of arrogant, there’s also an immense insecurity, right?—
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The boy is arrogant, Helen thinks.—
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But that poem is no smug cliché.—
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Marcello is looking especially smug and evil in this scene for reasons unclear.—
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The attention to amusing detail is evident throughout, from the vainglorious mayor’s ample display of chest fur to the very long wintry outfit Gary De’Snake wears in snowy conditions.—
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All but the most vainglorious architects imagine that their buildings will change in some small way after completion.—
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“Braggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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