self-promoting

adjective

Definition of self-promotingnext
as in egotistical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-promoting
  1. egotistical
  2. arrogant
  3. self-aggrandizing
  4. conceited
  5. self-important
  6. vainglorious
  7. self-centered
  8. bumptious
Adjective
  • From this noble, if admittedly egotistical goal, come gaslighting, madness, war, self-mutilation, and murder.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Pharrell Williams’s egotistical fantasy Talent is not always original.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of egotistical
Adjective
  • Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
  • My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • Classifying what Piece by Piece will be exactly, especially in the often self-aggrandizing realm of the musical biopic, is a challenge.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
  • The rise of Huawei is painstakingly rendered in a small library of self-aggrandizing literature that the company publishes, including several volumes of quotes from its founder.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2020
Definition of self-aggrandizing
Adjective
  • Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Not to sound so conceited and absolute.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
Definition of conceited
Adjective
  • The self-important Brackman often was the butt of his colleagues’ jokes.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Balmy does prove to be slightly sinister and fully absurd, in the way of self-important cult leaders everywhere, and Le Moulin even more so.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of self-important
Adjective
  • Daemon, Viserys’s vainglorious younger brother, had married his niece in part as a way to strengthen his own bid for the throne, and Alicent had pushed for the ascension of her immature firstborn, Aegon.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Debuting March 3, the six-part realpolitik satire, created and executive produced by Succession alum Will Tracy, sees Oscar and Emmy winner Winslet return to HBO in an often hilarious role as the vainglorious Elena.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2024
Definition of vainglorious
Adjective
  • So, how do good leaders operate with confidence without coming across as arrogant or self-centered?
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • To be clear, sperm donation is, obviously, not an inherently evil or self-centered act.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of self-centered
Adjective
  • Despite lines that are initially chatty and chirpy, Corden shows how bumptious his character really is.
    David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2024
  • Although not always directly correlated with being bumptious and arrogant, performing at a higher standard than others, and having something to show for it, will always garner attention.
    Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
Definition of bumptious
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