self-congratulatory
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self-congratulatory — self congratulation ► NOUN ▪ undue pride regarding one s achievements or qualities. DERIVATIVES self congratulatory adjective … English terms dictionary
self-congratulatory — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or their behaviour as self congratulatory, you mean that they keep emphasizing how well they have done or how good they are. Officials were self congratulatory about how well the day had gone.… … English dictionary
self-congratulatory — adjective Date: 1833 expressive of self congratulation < self congratulatory memoirs > … New Collegiate Dictionary
self-congratulatory — self con,gratu latory adjective showing you are very proud of what you have done, in a way that annoys other people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
self-congratulatory — Synonyms and related words: complacent, consequential, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, overproud, overweening, self admiring, self approving, self assuming, self complacent, self congratulating, self content, self contented, self… … Moby Thesaurus
self-congratulatory — See self congratulation. * * * … Universalium
self-congratulatory — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : indulging in self congratulation … Useful english dictionary
self-congratulatory — UK / US adjective showing disapproval showing you are very proud of what you have done, in a way that annoys other people … English dictionary
self-grat|u|la|to|ry — «SEHLF GRACH uh luh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. = self congratulatory. (Cf. ↑self congratulatory) … Useful english dictionary
self-congratulation — self congratulatory /self keuhn grach euh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, or, often, / graj , keuhng , self /, adj. self congratulating, adj. /self keuhn grach euh lay sheuhn/, or, often, / graj , keuhng , self /, n. the expression or feeling of… … Universalium
self-congratulation — self congratu lation n [U] behaviour that shows in an annoying way that you think you have done very well at something >.self congratu latory [ US ˌ. .ˈ.....] adj ▪ a smug, self congratulatory smile … Dictionary of contemporary English
