self-aggrandizing

self-ag·gran·dize·ment

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [self-uh-gran-diz-muh nt, self-]
- /sɛlf əˈɡræn.daɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [self-uh-gran-diz-muh nt, self-]
- /sɛlf əˈɡræn.daɪz/

Definition of self-aggrandizing word

noun self-aggrandizing increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively. 1

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Origin of self-aggrandizing

First appearance:

before 1790

One of the 43% newest English words

First recorded in 1790-1800

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Parts of speech for Self-aggrandizing

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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self-aggrandizing popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for self-aggrandizing

noun self-aggrandizing

big talk — bragging or boasting talk

adj self-aggrandizing

boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
hot stuff — a person or thing of exceptional interest or merit.
know it all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.

adjective self-aggrandizing

crowing — the sound made by a cock, particularly in the early morning
haughty — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
windbag — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.

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