self-aggrandising

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self-aggrandising

A manager's self-aggrandising speech bores the team during a meeting.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Exhibiting self-importance; boastful: Characterized by an exaggerated sense of one's own importance, power, or achievements, often involving loud or excessive talk.
    • Of or relating to self-aggrandizement: Pertaining to the act or process of making oneself appear more powerful, important, or successful than is justified.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • His self-aggrandising speeches bored the audience, who were tired of hearing about his supposed genius.
    • The biography was criticized for its self-aggrandising tone, which ignored the contributions of others.
    • They saw the expensive monument not as a public service but as a self-aggrandising project by the mayor.
Advanced Usage
  • Used to describe behavior, language, or projects that are primarily intended to increase the perceived status or reputation of the person involved, often at the expense of accuracy or humility.
  • Can function as a predicate adjective (e.g., "His behavior was self-aggrandising") or an attributive adjective (e.g., "a self-aggrandising narrative").
Variants and Related Words
  • Self-aggrandizement (noun): The action or process of making oneself more powerful, rich, or important, especially in a boastful way.
    • His career was marked by relentless self-aggrandizement.
  • Self-aggrandizing (adjective): Alternative spelling, primarily used in American English. It has the same meaning as 'self-aggrandising'.
Synonyms
  • Boastful: Showing excessive pride in oneself.
  • Pompous: Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.
  • Egotistical: Excessively conceited or self-centered.
  • Grandiose: Extravagantly or pretentiously impressive in appearance or style, especially to impress others.
Antonyms
  • Modest: Unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.
  • Humble: Having or showing a low estimate of one's own importance.
  • Self-effacing: Not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest.
self-aggrandising

A manager's self-aggrandising speech bores the team during a meeting.

Adjective
  1. exhibiting self-importance
    • big talk
  2. of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement

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