exalted
adjective
raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station.
self-exalted
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a word derived from
exalted.
Example Sentences
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It is a direct expression of not just the chasm that exists between the led and the leader but also their self-exalted state of pseudo-divinity.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2010
Indeed, the example of Christ may well terrify the exalted, and those high in authority; and still more the self-exalted.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
He is, in promiscuous alternation, refined, gross, sentimental, serious, humorous, indignant, repentant, dignified, vulgar, tender, manly, sceptical, reverential, rakish, pathetic, sympathetic, satirical, playful, pitiably self-abased, mysteriously self-exalted.
From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Can such an one, think you, be vain-glorious or self-exalted, and lifted up?
From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Edward Maitland
Oh when most self-exalted most alone, Chief dreamer, own thy dream!
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
