Is there a word to describe a person with a false sense of importance?

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[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]For example: Someone borrowed money from me and when I've asked for it back they said that although I gave them the money as a gift they will pay me back out of good will. [/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Now that person is going around telling everyone the story and people are responding to that person "You're too nice" that it was a gift and if it was them they wouldn't pay.[/font]

hullaballoo

I can think of a few words (mostly four letter) but I would always have described someone who has such airs as having misplaced confidence.

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judeboy101

Two words, actually. Conor McGregor.

Old Perry

Greta Refined Keyhole wrote: »

[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]For example: Someone borrowed money from me and when I've asked for it back they said that although I gave them the money as a gift they will pay me back out of good will. [/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Now that person is going around telling everyone the story and people are responding to that person "You're too nice" that it was a gift and if it was them they wouldn't pay.[/font]

Haughtiness, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious well rounded prat.

ianob7

judeboy101 wrote:

Two words, actually. Conor McGregor.

Bitter much?

Day Lewin

A Trumpeter.

Free-2-Flow

judeboy101 wrote:

Two words, actually. Conor McGregor.

Seriously? I hope you're not a full grown adult because that would be embarrassing.

phater phagan

aggrandisement.

Chuchote

Greta Refined Keyhole wrote: »

[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]For example: Someone borrowed money from me and when I've asked for it back they said that although I gave them the money as a gift they will pay me back out of good will. [/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Now that person is going around telling everyone the story and people are responding to that person "You're too nice" that it was a gift and if it was them they wouldn't pay.[/font]

You know the wrong people.

Narcissist would probably be the word that covers this attitude.

narcissism
noun: narcissism
excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.
PSYCHOLOGY
extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one's own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
self-centredness arising from failure to distinguish the self from external objects, either in very young babies or as a feature of mental disorder.

looksee

Narcissist was the word that occurred to me too, though I am not sure you can apply the term on the basis of one incident.

Taylor365

arrogant

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Greta Refined Keyhole wrote: »

For example: Someone borrowed money from me and when I've asked for it back they said that although I gave them the money as a gift they will pay me back out of good will.

Now that person is going around telling everyone the story and people are responding to that person "You're too nice" that it was a gift and if it was them they wouldn't pay.

I'd call that person a liar, a chancer, a scrounger and a parasite. And someone to whom you should never lend any monies ever again.

Other than that, I'd say condescending and contemptuous would fit the bill.

dudara

I would also call them delusional, if they believed a loan to be a gift

pilly

Greta Refined Keyhole wrote:

For example: Someone borrowed money from me and when I've asked for it back they said that although I gave them the money as a gift they will pay me back out of good will. Now that person is going around telling everyone the story and people are responding to that person "You're too nice" that it was a gift and if it was them they wouldn't pay.

It depends. How did they get the impression it was a gift and how much money was it?

looksee

Mod: Lets not go down the PI route, it is interesting and relevant enough to try and find a word that describes the person in the OP, but just use the information given to come up with suggestions. Unfortunately most of the best offerings require a short description and a couple of swear words

looksee

'Ingrate' goes some way towards the meaning.

Chuchote

I'm sticking with narcissist, because of the fact that the "borrower" manages to get others to believe that she or he is the injured party.

I encountered a guy once who borrowed a load of money from the staff credit union (while a casual worker), gambled it, won a pile back and when walking around with it sticking out of his breast pocket was asked when he was going to pay back the credit union. He laughed, astonished at the idea. All casuals were barred from membership of the credit union after that, because they couldn't get the money back by garnishing his wages.

Mearings

cadger, scrounger, sponger, toucher, nobler, chancer, ingrate.

Chuchote

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