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Synonyms & Antonyms of self-aggrandizing
as in self-promoting, self-dramatizing
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for self-aggrandizing
- arrogant,
- bumptious,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- hoity-toity,
- imperious,
- important,
- overweening,
- presumptuous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- self-centered,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-important,
- self-obsessed,
- self-pleased,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- uppity,
- vain,
- vainglorious
- affected,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-minded,
- la-di-da
- (also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah),
- ostentatious,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- snippy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for self-aggrandizing
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“Self-aggrandizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-aggrandizing. Accessed 7 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of self-aggrandizing was in 1820
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