boasting
Talking oneself up
Boasting is talking with excessive pride about oneself or one's achievements.
The word carries a negative connotation—someone who boasts isn't just sharing good news but doing so in a way that feels self-aggrandizing or tiresome to others: His constant boasting about his salary alienated his coworkers.
A boast can sometimes prove hollow: All that boasting, and he came in last.
Speak with excessive pride
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- vauntBrag or crow
- gloatRelish superiority smugly
crow · grandstand · flaunt · showboat · trumpet · loudmouth · bigmouth · windbag
One's sense of worth
- egoOne's self-image
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
self-importance · self-assurance · confidence · cockiness · smugness · superiority · self-satisfaction · big-headedness
Add decorative elements
- overstateRepresent as greater
- inflateFill with gas
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- stretchPull to extend
amplify · overplay · puff · blow-up · tall-tale · dramatize · overestimate · aggrandize
Excessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
self-absorption · preening · peacocking · vainglory · self-glorification · pomposity
Successful completion of aim
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- featRemarkable act of skill
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
success · milestone · breakthrough · trophy · medal · accolade · award · record
Excessive counterbalancing reaction
- self-doubtUncertainty about oneself
- inferiorityLower status or quality
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
defensiveness · bravado · posturing · fronting · mask
brag
Speak with excessive pride
gloat · crow · grandstand · flaunt · showboat · trumpet · loudmouth · bigmouth · windbag · hotdog
self-esteem
One's sense of worth
haughtiness · self-importance · self-assurance · confidence · cockiness · smugness · superiority · self-satisfaction · big-headedness · immodesty
embellish
Add decorative elements
stretch · amplify · overplay · puff · blow-up · tall-tale · dramatize · overestimate · aggrandize · overdraw
narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
self-admiration · self-absorption · preening · peacocking · vainglory · self-glorification · pomposity
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
conquest · success · milestone · breakthrough · trophy · medal · accolade · award · record · championship
overcompensation
Excessive counterbalancing reaction
- self-doubtUncertainty about oneself
- inferiorityLower status or quality
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
inadequacy · defensiveness · bravado · posturing · fronting · mask
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, showboating, braggadocio, self-aggrandizement
- self-promotionbragging, self-praise, humble brag, plugging, showing off
- showing offbragged, show off, bragging, flaunting, flaunt
- sore winner behaviorbragging, gloating, taunting, rubbing it in, trash talk
boastingmodesty
Absence of vanity
humility · self-deprecation · humble · understatement · self-effacement
boastinghumbleness
State of being unpretentious
modesty · unpretentiousness · self-doubt · sheepishness · caution
boast, boastful, boasts, boaster, boasted, boastfully, boasters