self-praise

noun

ˌself-ˈprāz 

: praise of oneself

… the excessive self-praise that marred his earlier writings.

—Alden Vaughan

Allowing himself a little self-praise, he [Tom Raudonikis] said, "I did well to finish the game."

—Roy Masters

Examples of self-praise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The combination of Kraft and Heinz, wed with glorious self-praise in 2015, will be legally rent asunder. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

This may manifest itself in exaggerated self-praise or frequent demands for attention. — Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024

Nash-Betts honored the victims of Dahmer in her powerful speech, but also kept things light with a moment of self-praise. — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024

Gangsta rap, a genre of turf wars and swaggering self-praise, is a funny place to look for convivencia. — Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021

The authorities soon regained their grip, silencing critics and unleashing a torrent of self-praise, detailed accounts of disorder in other countries, and disinformation about the source of the virus. — Aaron L. Friedberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-praise

• ablaze
• airways
• allays
• always
• amaze
• anglaise
• appraise
• archways
• arrays
• ashtrays
• assays
• atpase