self-gratulatory

adjective

Definition of self-gratulatorynext
as in self-adulatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-gratulatory
  1. confident
  2. self-assured
  3. selfish
  4. self-congratulatory
  5. overconfident
Adjective
  • But while these global companies appeared confident in their strategies, tariffs could significantly hinder smaller brands.
    Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, a 2023 survey by College Pulse found that only 49% of college students feel confident about their career prospects.
    Subha Barry, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of confident
Adjective
  • This is a fun, cheeky response that’s both self-assured and playful.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Determined and self-assured, Brown is a star, and the boys are on her heels.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of self-assured
Adjective
  • Warm feelings fueled by the wonder and kindness of the season, inspired by the transformative and timeless experiences of Ebenezer Scrooge who changed from a selfish, penny-pinching grouch, into a generous, happy and altruistic person.
    Eric C. Shuster, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The high price for Yoon’s selfish martial law debacle will be paid over time, in installments, by South Korea’s 51 million people.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • 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
  • And what did the reunion tour with Liz Cheney and her evil father’s spectral presence accomplish, other than alienating everyone but a sliver of self-congratulatory consultants and pundits eager to flaunt their bipartisan commitments in the most obscene way possible?
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of self-congratulatory
Adjective
  • Oren — handsome, overconfident — was an obvious contender.
    James D. Walsh, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of overconfident
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