conceit

kənˈsiːt
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Translation of conceit into Hebrew,

Noun

1.

vanity

overly high opinion of oneself
יְהִירוּת fyehirutגַּאֲוָתָנוּת
  • His conceit made him unpopular among his peers.היהירות שלו הפכה אותו ללא פופולרי בקרב בני גילו.
2.

whim

UK
novel or fanciful idea
UK
  • Her latest conceit was to start a rooftop garden.הרעיון הגחמני האחרון שלה היה להקים גינה על הגג.
3.

literary device

Rare
fanciful expression in writing or speech
Rare
קוֹנְסִיט qonsitמֶטָפוֹרָה מוּרְחֶבֶת
  • The poet's use of conceit cleverly connected the stars to human fate..השימוש של המשורר בקונסיט קישר בחוכמה בין הכוכבים לבין גורל האדם.

Verb

tr.

imagination

DatedUK
think or imagine something in your mind
DatedUK
לְדַמְיֵן ledamyenלְהַעֲלוֹת בְּדִמְיוֹן לְשַׁעֵר
  • She conceited a world where everyone was happy.היא דמיינה עולם שבו כולם היו מאושרים.
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Expressions with conceit: examples in English and translations in Hebrew

גַּאֲוָה עַצְמִית
שַׁחְצָנוּת
His self-conceit was evident as he boasted about his achievements.

Synonyms and analogies of conceit in English

Examples of conceit in a sentence

  • The artist's conceit was reflected in his self-portraits.
  • The artist's conceit was to create a floating sculpture.
  • His conceit involved designing a car that runs on water.
  • Her novel's conceit was a garden symbolizing life's stages.
  • The conceit in his speech drew parallels between time and a river.
  • He conceited a plan to save the village.

Translations of "conceit" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
יְהִירוּתnf. - yehirut

Mom, the minimum wage is a political conceit.

אמא, שכר המינימום הוא יהירות פוליטית.

Merely an artistic conceit, like that singer.

זו רק יהירות אמנותית, כמו הזמר.

יוהרהn.

Power is a conceit which reveals our limitations.

כוח הוא יוהרה אשר חושף את המגבלות שלנו.

Not your "blunder", your "conceit".

לא "טעות", יוהרה!

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Other translations for conceit:

  • רַעֲיוֹןnm.
  • שַׁחְצָנוּתnf.

conceit: Examples and translations in context

Ambition and conceit will not help you find true success in life.

שאפתנות ויהירות לא יעזרו לך למצוא הצלחה אמיתית.

Never allow yourself to be driven into the sin of conceit.

אל תרשה לעצמך לעולם להיגרר לחטא היהירות.

There is always conceit and negligence behind misconduct.

מאחורי התנהגות פסולה נמצאת תמיד הזנחה ויהירות.

His greatest weakness was this characteristic conceit.

חולשתו הגדולה ביותר הייתה יהירות אופיינית זו.

Or is the belief that the universe is simple merely a human conceit?

או שמא האמונה שהיקום הוא פשוט אינה אלא יהירות אנושית?

The conceit of the daytime residents is what the nighttime residents want.

תושבי הלילה רוצים ביהירותם של תושבי היום.

I mean that's its primary objective, both its program and its architectural conceit.

כלומר זוהי מטרתו העיקרית, גם התוכנית שלו וגם היהירות האדריכלית שלו.

All that he could say now, still in the precise tone which other children hated, thinking it a symbol of conceit, was, "I think I had better not play."

כל מה שהיה מסוגל להגיד עכשיו באותה נימה מדוקדקת ששאר הילדים שנאו כי חשבו שהיא מייצגת יוהרה היה, "אני חושב שיותר טוב שלא אשחק"

See also:

self-conceit
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