self-glorifying
Obsessed with praise
Self-glorifying describes actions or speech that promote one's own importance, achievements, or virtues.
The term carries a negative connotation—someone self-glorifying isn't just confident but excessively focused on their own greatness: His memoir was a self-glorifying account that glossed over his failures.
The word implies vanity or boastfulness rather than earned pride.
Given to self-praise
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
arrogant · narcissistic · prideful · swaggering · preening · smug · haughty · immodest
Excessively inflated language
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- chest-thumpingShowy, aggressive boasting
posturing · hyperbolic · exaggerated · ostentatious · flamboyant · theatrical · pretentious · showy
Showing blind devotion
- blasphemousDisrespectful toward the divine
- hubristicExcessively proud, inviting downfall
- sacrilegiousGrossly irreverent toward sanctity
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
presumptuous · apotheosis · vainglory · pride · exaltation · elevation · sanctimonious · holier-than-thou
Ruling with absolute authority
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- megalomaniacalObsessed with grandiose self-importance
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
authoritarian · strongman · demagogic · imperial · monarchical · pharaonic · absolutist · power-hungry
boastful
Given to self-praise
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
pompous · arrogant · narcissistic · prideful · swaggering · preening · smug · haughty · immodest · grandiose
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
chest-thumping · posturing · hyperbolic · exaggerated · ostentatious · flamboyant · theatrical · pretentious · showy · propagandistic
idolatrous
Showing blind devotion
- blasphemousDisrespectful toward the divine
- hubristicExcessively proud, inviting downfall
- sacrilegiousGrossly irreverent toward sanctity
profane · presumptuous · apotheosis · vainglory · pride · exaltation · elevation · sanctimonious · holier-than-thou · pious
autocratic
Ruling with absolute authority
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- megalomaniacalObsessed with grandiose self-importance
- despoticExercising absolute authority
tyrannical · authoritarian · strongman · demagogic · imperial · monarchical · pharaonic · absolutist · power-hungry · domineering
self-glorifyinghumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · self-effacing · unassuming · self-deprecating · unpretentious
self-glorifyingself-sacrificing
Prioritizing others' welfare entirely
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