attention whore
Desperate for notice
Someone who craves attention and seeks it through excessive or inappropriate behavior.
The term is dismissive and insulting, suggesting the person's need for validation is pathetic or annoying: She's such an attention whore—always making everything about herself.
The phrase applies regardless of gender despite its gendered slur component.
Wanting in essentials
- clingingGripping without release
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- insecureLacking self-assurance
fishing · reassurance · thirsty · eager · anxious · longing · yearning · pleading
Excessively focused inward
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- self-centeredPreoccupied with oneself
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
arrogant · entitled · grandiose · pompous · self-obsessed · preening · primping · diva
One who flaunts abilities
- flauntingOstentatious display of something
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- loudHigh in volume
provocative · revealing · selfies · peacocking · posturing · boastful · bragging · flexing
Crafty and calculating
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- guilt-trippingInducing remorse deliberately
- weaponizingAdapting for attack purposes
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
trolling · stirring · instigating · conniving · exploiting
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- overreactingDisproportionate emotional response
- scene-makingCausing conspicuous emotional displays
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
exaggerating · tantrums · meltdowns · outbursts · spectacle · escalating · hysterics · crying
needy
Wanting in essentials
insecure · fishing · reassurance · thirsty · eager · anxious · longing · yearning · pleading · begging
self-absorbed
Excessively focused inward
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- self-centeredPreoccupied with oneself
conceited · arrogant · entitled · grandiose · pompous · self-obsessed · preening · primping · diva
showoff
One who flaunts abilities
- flauntingOstentatious display of something
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
loud · provocative · revealing · selfies · peacocking · posturing · boastful · bragging · flexing · humble-brag
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- guilt-trippingInducing remorse deliberately
- weaponizingAdapting for attack purposes
baiting · trolling · stirring · instigating · conniving · exploiting
melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- overreactingDisproportionate emotional response
- scene-makingCausing conspicuous emotional displays
histrionic · exaggerating · tantrums · meltdowns · outbursts · spectacle · escalating · hysterics · crying · storming
attention whorewallflower
Shy person avoiding socializing
shrinking violet · recluse · introvert · hermit · loner
attention whorehumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · understated · reserved · unassuming · self-effacing
attention whoreself-contained
Whole without external parts
self-assured · grounded · stoic · self-possessed · centered
attention, attentive, attentively, attentiveness, inattention, inattentive, inattentively, attend, attendant