self-flattering (Meaning)
self-flattering
given to self-flattery
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-flattering
Synonyms:
- snooty
- self-pleased
- impudent
- self-centered
- snobby
- condescending
- extraverted
- blustery
- braggart
- proud
- saucy
- immodest
- self-affected
- orgulous
- bragging
- snobbish
- self-satisfied
- self-applauding
- vain
- swaggering
- patronizing
- unreserved
- brash
- cocky
- prideful
- extroverted
- stuck-up
- self-conceited
- braggy
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- pretentious
- chesty
- toploftical
- forward
- dominant
- presumptuous
- peremptory
- disdainful
- high-and-mighty
- imperious
- assumptive
- huffy
- overweening
- pompous
- arrogant
- pontificating
- magisterial
- high-hat
- self-asserting
- highfalutin
- supercilious
- sniffy
- haughty
- hifalutin
- pontifical
- superior
- self-assertive
- uppish
- high-handed
- cavalier
- bumptious
- authoritarian
- domineering
- bossy
- dominating
- impertinent
- uppity
- important
Antonyms:
self-flattering Sentence Examples
- His self-flattering nature led him to believe he was the epitome of charm.
- The actress's performance was marred by her self-flattering monologues.
- The politician's self-flattering speeches masked his true motivations.
- The artist's self-flattering portrait captured only his vanity.
- The professor's self-flattering research ignored inconvenient truths.
- The author's self-flattering memoir painted a highly idealized version of their life.
- The salesperson's self-flattering compliments were a thinly veiled attempt to secure a sale.
- The athlete's self-flattering interviews portrayed him as invincible.
- The speaker's self-flattering introductions detracted from the message of their speech.
- The critic's self-flattering reviews were more about self-promotion than objective assessment.
FAQs About the word self-flattering
given to self-flattery
egocentric, egotistic, bombastic, self-complacent, vainglorious, boastful, self-promoting, conceited, hubristic, blusterous
humble, lowly, passive, unpretentious, diffident, sheepish, bashful, timid, shrinking, subdued
His self-flattering nature led him to believe he was the epitome of charm.
The actress's performance was marred by her self-flattering monologues.
The politician's self-flattering speeches masked his true motivations.
The artist's self-flattering portrait captured only his vanity.
