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SELF-AGGRANDISING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting self-importance
Example:
big talk
Synonyms:
big; boastful; braggart; bragging; braggy; cock-a-hoop; crowing; self-aggrandising; self-aggrandizing
Classified under:
Similar:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement
Synonyms:
self-aggrandising; self-aggrandizing
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
self-aggrandisement (an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance)
