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self-portrait |
self-posited |
self-positing |
self-possessed |
self-possession |
self-praise
| self-preservation
| self-pride
| self-produced
| self-propagating
| self-propelled
self-praise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun self-praise has 1 sense
- self-praise(n = noun.communication) boast, boasting, jactitation - speaking of yourself in superlatives; Array is a kind of speech act
has particulars: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing, bluster, braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade, vaunt, self-assertion
ROGET THESAURUS
self-praise
Vanity
N vanity, conceit, conceitedness, self-conceit, self- complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation, self-applause, self-admiration, amour propre, selfishness, airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism, egotism, priggism, priggishness, coxcombry, gaudery, vainglory, elation, pride, ostentation, assurance, vox et praeterea nihil, cheval de bataille, coxcomb, Sir Oracle, vain, vain as a peacock, proud as a peacock, conceited, overweening, pert, forward, vainglorious, high-flown, ostentatious, puffed up, inflated, flushed, self-satisfied, self-confident, self-sufficient, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, self-opinionated, entente, wise in one's own conceit, pragmatical, overwise, pretentious, priggish, egotistic, egotistical, soi-disant, arrogant, unabashed, unblushing, unconstrained, unceremonious, free and easy, vainly, how we apples swim!, prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
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