egoboost
egoboost noun: something that makes one feel better about oneself.
Noun
egoboost (plural egoboosts)
- Something that makes one feel better about oneself.
- He showered and had a brief rub down in Physiotherapy, drank a cup of hot coffee gratefully that a student nurse had waiting for him, conscious of her worshipful eyes on him, knowing the cause of that worship, knowing that he was worthy of it. Egoboost, but well earned.1953 November–December, Rog Phillips, “From This Dark Mind”, in Fantastic, volume 2, number 6, page 67
- “Tuckerizing” is a private, ‘inside’ thing, a way of expressing friendship and giving an egoboost to admired and respected people.1974 June, Dick Geis, “The Alien Viewpoint”, in If, page 106
Examples of egoboost in a sentence
- Raju gets a niche in her heart precisely because of his appreciation of her art, an appreciation that she sorely needs as an egoboost.1984, Shantha Krishnaswamy, “R.K. Narayan: Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Acceptance”, in The Woman in Indian Fiction in English...
- He thought this was an egoboost, a thrill of power, that The Cat did this as self-promotion.2008, Bronwyn Scott, Pickpocket Countess, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 82:
- "An individual never just does it without supplying a reason, and an individual certainly doesn't put an alias in a hacked site as an egoboost."2011 January 11, Parmy Olson, “Rebel Member Of Anonymous Hacks Irish Opposition Party Site”, in Forbes:
- It’s an instant egoboost. – Dylan Shulman, diversions editor2021 December 14, “The Diamondback’s top 21 songs of 2021”, in The Diamondback:
Forms of egoboost
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Origin of egoboost
From ego / ego- + boost.
Questions about egoboost
- What does egoboost mean?
- Egoboost means something that makes one feel better about oneself.
- How do you use egoboost in a sentence?
- Raju gets a niche in her heart precisely because of his appreciation of her art, an appreciation that she sorely needs as an egoboost.
- What part of speech is egoboost?
- Egoboost is a noun.
- What is the plural of egoboost?
- The plural of egoboost is egoboosts.
Words near egoboost in the dictionary
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