Akademik

self-aggrandizing

adjective

1. of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement

• Syn: ↑self-aggrandising

• Pertains to noun: ↑self-aggrandisement (for: ↑self-aggrandising), ↑self-aggrandizement

2. exhibiting self-importance

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big talk

• Syn:

↑boastful, ↑braggart, ↑bragging, ↑braggy, ↑big, ↑cock-a-hoop, ↑crowing, ↑self-aggrandising

• Similar to: ↑proud

• Derivationally related forms: ↑brag (for: ↑braggy), ↑boastfulness (for: ↑boastful)

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective

: acting or seeking to make oneself greater

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self-aggrandˈizing or self-aggrandˈising adjective

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Main Entry: ↑self-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.