self-gratulatory

adjective

Definition of self-gratulatorynext
as in self-adulatory

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  1. confident
  2. self-assured
  3. self-confident
  4. selfish
  5. self-congratulatory
  6. overconfident
Adjective
  • His bold, confident display of desire stood in sharp contrast to my own insecurities and repression.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Across Europe, responsibility for retirement is shifting from governments and employers to individuals, and women are less confident than men that the state will provide.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of confident
Adjective
  • Intense and self-assured, James Blair had the president’s backing, but a major loss could set off a search for someone to blame.
    — Nancy Cook, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Part bildungsroman, part romance, Doran’s fizzy yet intelligent interpretation is as self-assured as its protagonist, with anachronistic flourishes that pay homage to Sybylla’s spirit of subversion.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of self-assured
Adjective
  • Less self-confident nations might’ve consider that an act of war.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That you would be invited to the in-house training program in 2008 was a matter of course, after your fittingly self-confident application.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of self-confident
Adjective
  • Anyone see any think pieces about how Reese is being selfish?
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The film follows an authoritarian regime who have set up a kind of survival game to choose the most selfish (and therefore best) soccer striker from 300 candidates, with the ultimate aim of winning Japan the World Cup.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • But then his character is meant to be smugly self-congratulatory.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Newlyweds doesn’t need to be self-congratulatory about how retro its charms are.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of self-congratulatory
Adjective
  • The supremely overconfident Graver finally shows some remorse for the damage their dirty work has inflicted on innocent lives.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Based on recent viewership trends, the league is slightly overconfident.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of overconfident
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“Self-gratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-gratulatory. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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