self-glorifying

adjective

Definition of self-glorifyingnext
as in self-indulgent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-glorifying
  1. self-indulgent
  2. vainglorious
  3. conceited
  4. self-important
  5. smug
  6. pompous
  7. complacent
  8. vain
Adjective
  • Retailers globally have quickly adopted the trend, which allows consumers to feel smarter in their shopping - being both self-indulgent and financially responsible at exactly the same time.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • And at what point does self-promotion become self-indulgent?
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 8 May 2026
Definition of self-indulgent
Adjective
  • Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
  • Melodramatic and vainglorious, moody and capricious, a fidgety, neurotic hypochondriac, Stalin was a bundle of appalling contradictions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of vainglorious
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
  • Although the director’s overuse of foot-stomp transitions can feel a bit self-important — experimental for experimental’s sake — this is interesting theater of ideas.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
  • It’s dominated by a less than transparent booster, Eli James (Michael Hough), who comes with a self-important wife, Jemma (Mary Holland), and a pair of teenage twin girls who might be described as all dressed up with nowhere to go.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of self-important
Adjective
  • Similarly, Zo — seen recently as the monster hunter in Na Hong-jin’s delirious sci-fi action epic, Hope — stays for most of the running time just the right side of smug entitlement.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of smug
Adjective
  • Chelsea then imposed what turned out to be a false and ultimately quite pompous deadline.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Does little Arabella care about going to another stuffy awards dinner with her pompous dad?
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of pompous
Adjective
  • While one team is obsessed with their new coach, Clemson seemed complacent.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • That can lead to leaders and teams missing crucial observations, becoming complacent and losing competitive advantages.
    — Brandi Watterson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of complacent
Adjective
  • But the most terrifying characters are the broken, vain, selfish parents who in one way or another cause their children so much harm.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The actor will play the vain Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of vain
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