self-adulatory

adjective

Definition of self-adulatorynext
as in self-gratulatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-adulatory
  1. confident
  2. self-assured
  3. self-congratulatory
  4. selfish
Adjective
  • Still, the World Health Organization aims to eliminate the disease by 2030, and officials at the Carter Center are confident that the scourge of Guinea worm disease will be over even sooner.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Freeman was confident in Love’s prep the day before the game.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of confident
Adjective
  • On the surface, Pavlovich appeared to be self-assured as well.
    Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Now Belgians—as they’re known among enthusiasts—are embraced by the self-assured from Savile Row to Dimes Square and, yes, Hollywood.
    Emilie Hawtin, airmail.news, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of self-assured
Adjective
  • Beyond the lifeboat of major film festivals, which still assist a handful of buzzy international and independent films in their treacherous journey to release, such entities as the self-congratulatory, navel-gazing Oscars have seemingly abandoned the inclusion of riskier, daring films.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
  • And the self-congratulatory swells taken in by his lies are really just projecting onto him all their neuroses and biases.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of self-congratulatory
Adjective
  • Hill went rogue and selfish, again, by cryptically hinting a coach pulled him out of the game due to his left wrist injury.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But Abbott, about well-meaning teachers and the kids in their charge, is aimed at families, while Sunny is an adults-only show about some of the most selfish and despicable characters in sitcom history.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of selfish
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self-admiration

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