crowing about
- boastingExcessive self-praise
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- gloatingSmug triumph display
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- struttingWalking with exaggerated pride
rooster · cocky · dawn · triumphant · showing off · smug · prideful · chest-puffing · crowing · trumpeting · vaunting · puffed-up · swaggering · cock-a-doodle-doo · victory · rubbing it in · braggart · peacocking
boastfulness vs modesty
crowing aboutdownplaying
Diminishing perceived significance
understating · glossing over · playing down · brushing off · shrugging off
emotional expression
crowing abouthiding
Staying out of sight
concealing · downplaying · hushing up · lamenting · burying