| More futile |
| Less humble |
| Less modest |
| More haughty |
| More prideful |
| Not so humble |
| More conceited. |
| More narcissistic |
| Less self-effacing |
| More self-centered |
| Self-centered and then some |
| Like Narcissus, and then some |
| Like Cinderella's stepsisters vis-à-vis Cinderella |