self-importantly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for self-importantly in the French»English Dictionary

componction [kɔ̃pɔ̃ksjɔ̃] N f

1. componction (gravité affectée):

componction

self-importance

avec componction

self-importantly

2. componction REL:

componction

contrition

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The immediate effect of these musings was disastrous: a series of melodramatic and self-importantly archaic depictions of contemporary miseries.

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When commuters are talking self-importantly on their phone, rendering an entire carriage of people involuntary eavesdroppers.

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If there's one thing that the press does even more self-importantly than elections, it's crime.

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A row of beer bottles (some vintage, some new) marches self-importantly across a long ledge above the room.

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