SELF-APPLAUDING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

self-applauding

adjective

Definition of self-applauding

as in self-pleased

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Adjective

On the battlefield, Zelenskyy was optimistic, saying Ukraine had almost completely regained control of the Dnipropetrovsk region, with only about 10 square kilometers and three small villages remaining outside Ukrainian control.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Mexican producers are optimistic that the border reopening might staunch over a year of financial bleeding.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of optimistic

Adjective

But before that, the team will hold what is perhaps their most important practice of the fall.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Originally constructed in the 1860s to house two battalions of the British Army, Chelsea Barracks served as an important military base for more than 140 years before being decommissioned in 2008.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of important

Adjective

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.

— Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of conceited

Adjective

But neither country can afford to be complacent in its lead in AI hardware, said Jeremy Chih-Cheng Chang, the institute’s executive director.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
But investors shouldn't get complacent, as this is the point on the calendar during midterm election years that tends to get dicey.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of complacent

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Max Fried returned to the IL last week for a bone bruise in his left elbow — his second such stint — but the Yankees remain hopeful their co-ace can be activated after the minimum 15 days.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
As public frustration with the economy mounts and Trump’s approval rating sinks, Democrats have become hopeful their party will retake power in Congress.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of hopeful

Adjective

Does little Arabella care about going to another stuffy awards dinner with her pompous dad?

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Definition of pompous

Adjective

Through remarkable archival footage and an incredible range of interviews, Monsters of God digs into the egotistical and ruthless mentalities that supported competing criminal empires and the undercover operations that dismantled them.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Where some may see this behavior as vain or egotistical, others may perceive it as bold, self-assured and passionate.

— Mallorie Sullivan, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of egotistic

Adjective

The proud mom shared pictures of her and Green cuddling their little one in the hospital room, concealing the newborn’s face in the snaps.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Glasner is aware of Forest’s proud record of having an academy product in every matchday squad since 1941.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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