horn-tooting
Loud self-praise
Horn-tooting is self-promotion or boastful publicity about one's own achievements.
The image is of someone blowing a horn to announce themselves: I don't mean to engage in horn-tooting, but we did break the sales record.
Often appears with a disclaimer, as genuine horn-tooting rarely announces itself as such.
Excessive self-praise
- boastingExcessive self-praise
- self-congratulationAdmiring one's own accomplishments
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
humblebragging · name-dropping · self-aggrandizement · chest-thumping · crowing · preening · peacocking · self-praise
Ceremonial brass announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
accomplishment · milestone · victory · success · pride · tribute · kudos · accolades
bragging
Excessive self-praise
- boastingExcessive self-praise
- self-congratulationAdmiring one's own accomplishments
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
grandstanding · humblebragging · name-dropping · self-aggrandizement · chest-thumping · crowing · preening · peacocking · self-praise · vanity
fanfare
Ceremonial brass announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
achievement · accomplishment · milestone · victory · success · pride · tribute · kudos · accolades · applause
honking
Making horn sounds
- blaringHarshly loud
- trumpetingLoud, brassy proclamation
- blowingMoving air forcefully
brass · bugle · trombone · tuba · fanfare · reveille · herald · flourish · notes · sound
horn-tootingmodesty
Absence of vanity
self-effacement · self-deprecation · downplaying · humility · humble
horn-tootinghumility
Freedom from arrogance
meekness · modesty · unpretentiousness · self-abasement · diffidence
horn-tootingself-effacing
Downplaying one's own importance
retiring · shrinking violet · unobtrusive · low-key · inconspicuous
horn, toot, horns, horned, hornless, horny, toots, tooted, tooting