self-praise
Tooting one's horn
Self-praise is speaking favorably about oneself—calling attention to one's own accomplishments, virtues, or qualities.
The term usually carries a negative connotation, suggesting immodesty or boastfulness: Self-praise is no recommendation.
The proverb captures the general view that such praise rings hollow compared to recognition from others.
Excessive self-praise
- trumpetingLoud, brassy proclamation
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
grandstanding · crowing · gloating · puffery · name-dropping · humble-bragging
Excessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- vaingloryBoastful, unwarranted pride
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
preening · hubris · arrogance · pompousness · grandiosity · haughtiness · pomposity
Gaining authority or confidence
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- dignityInnate personal worth
bragging
Excessive self-praise
- trumpetingLoud, brassy proclamation
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
showboating · grandstanding · crowing · gloating · puffery · name-dropping · humble-bragging
narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- vaingloryBoastful, unwarranted pride
smugness · preening · hubris · arrogance · pompousness · grandiosity · haughtiness · pomposity
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- dignityInnate personal worth
- self-promotionbragging, boasting, humble brag, plugging, showing off
- showing offboasting, bragged, show off, bragging, boasted
- swaggerswagger, strut, strutting, peacocking, cockiness
- praise poetrypanegyric, encomium, paean, laudation, court poetry
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
self-praiseself-criticism
Judging one's own failings
self-deprecation · self-blame · self-condemnation · self-reproach · putting oneself down
self-praisemodesty
Absence of vanity
humility · self-effacement · humbleness · unpretentiousness · diffidence
self, praise, selfless, praised, praising, self-love, appraisal, self-esteem, praises