conceit   (Sound)

The noun conceit has 5 senses

• amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity -- (feelings of excessive pride)


• conceit -- (an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things)


• conceit -- (a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit")


• conceit -- (an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree")


• conceit, conceitedness, vanity -- (the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride)