humble bragging
Disguised self-promotion
Humble bragging is boasting disguised as self-deprecation or complaint.
The speaker draws attention to an accomplishment or enviable situation while pretending to be modest or put-upon: So exhausted from all these job offers I have to sort through, I hate how I can never gain weight no matter what I eat.
The false modesty makes it more irritating than straightforward bragging.
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- modestLacking in pretension
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- complimentsExpressions of admiration
- insecureLacking self-assurance
pretentious · self-deprecating · fake · coy · attention-seeking · look at me · subtle · sly · vain · social media · just saying · humblebrag · false modesty · fishing for compliments · smug · disingenuous · virtue signaling · privileged
- showing offboasting, show off, boasted, flaunting, flaunt
- narcissismnarcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, ego, vanity, self-love
- pretentiousnesspretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, pompous, pomposity
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
- digital habitsscrolling, screen time, binge-watching, doom scrolling, doomscrolling
humble braggingunpretentiousness
Absence of showiness
self-effacement · guilelessness · candor · transparency · straightforwardness
humble braggingbragging
Excessive self-praise
boasting · showing off · crowing · chest-thumping · grandstanding
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