SELF-GRATULATORY Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

self-gratulatory

adjective

Definition of self-gratulatory

as in self-adulatory

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Agamemnon emerged next and cautioned Odysseus, sharing how he was murdered by his wife after being too confident in receiving a hero’s welcome.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
But forecasts are growing more confident in an overall lack of storms by the month.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of confident

Adjective

But what was missing was more of a winning spirit, more aggressive, uninhibited and self-assured.

— Max Mathews, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Time gave us the late-career brilliance of filmmakers like Jane Campion, Agnès Varda, Claire Denis, and Kathryn Bigelow, whose work became richer, fiercer, and more self-assured because these women had lived and learned so much.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 May 2026

Definition of self-assured

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But there’s a point at which an act of service risks inverting into a selfish act.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Unlike Reborn Rich, Reborn Rookie is a comedy, finding a fair amount of fun in the story of a CEO who accidentally swaps bodies with a young soccer player, and uses the opportunity to get revenge on his selfish children.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026

Definition of selfish

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Trump’s twenty-five-minute address, delivered from the East Room, had the self-congratulatory air of a State of the Union speech without the accompanying props—cheering lawmakers, unsmiling Justices, celebrity guests.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
The article contends American soccer's self-congratulatory, capitalistic culture, particularly Major League Soccer's revenue-first approach, prioritizes franchise value over competitive spectacle.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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