SELF-GRATULATORY Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

self-gratulatory

adjective

Definition of self-gratulatory

as in self-adulatory

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Adjective

As for his teammates, players like senior tight end Ka’Morreun Pimpton also remain confident in what Craig can do this season.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
The club were aware of interest from other Premier League parties but were confident of being able to complete the signing.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of confident

Adjective

Bouncing back against the strictly masculine norms of his hometown, Bobby comes off as the most emotionally intelligent and self-confident member of King of the Hill’s cast.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
There’s no shortage of people who work in TV news who are extremely self-confident.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026

Definition of self-confident

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No one, in my opinion, comes close to this selfish, foul-mouthed and stupid showman.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
All of the big talk about personal drive, which makes Free Solo so darkly compelling, immediately crumbles into selfish pablum the second that children are introduced into the equation.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of selfish

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Where season three frustrated with its aimless pacing, its unruly plotting, its self-congratulatory strain of goodness, new showrunner Jack Burditt (30 Rock, Modern Family) dials back the worst of the show’s excesses.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of self-congratulatory

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As Buddy Crane, a buffoonish, overconfident opposing counsel who works in house for Acme, John Cena relishes his role just as much as Buddy relishes laughing at Kevin.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
What’s more, our findings suggest that some users may be overconfident about their ability to inject peptides.

— C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of overconfident

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