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self-aggrandizing

self-aggrandizing adjective: boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.

Adjective

self-aggrandizing (comparative more self-aggrandizing, superlative most self-aggrandizing)

  1. Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.
    • His self-aggrandizing talk alienated his colleagues, who had done the work he claimed credit for.

Forms of self-aggrandizing

comparativemore self-aggrandizing
superlativemost self-aggrandizing

Origin of self-aggrandizing

From self- + aggrandizing.

Questions about self-aggrandizing

What does self-aggrandizing mean?
Self-aggrandizing means boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.
What part of speech is self-aggrandizing?
Self-aggrandizing is an adjective.

Words near self-aggrandizing in the dictionary

  1. self-afflictions
  2. self-aggrandisement
  3. self-aggrandize
  4. self-aggrandizement
  5. self-aggrandizements
  6. self-aggrandizing
  7. self-analysis
  8. self-annihilate
  9. self-annihilated
  10. self-annihilates
  11. self-annihilating

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