self-aggrandizing
adjective
disapproving(alsoselfaggrandizing);(UKusuallyself-aggrandising,selfaggrandising)uk/ˌself.əˈɡræn.daɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˌself.əˈɡræn.daɪ.zɪŋ/doing or saying things to make yourselfseemmorepowerfulorimportant:
Hisopponentssoughttoportrayhim as a self-aggrandizingfantasist.
It's moredifficultto make thecasefor yourself if youappearself-aggrandising.
- Hiswild, self-aggrandizingpublicstatementsmade him alaughingstock.
- It'squitecommonfor newbandsto make self-aggrandizingclaimsfortheirmusic.
- I'mpainfullyawareof theironyoftalkingabout theevilsof self-aggrandizingmediaoutletsviamy ownpersonalblog.
Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskersidiom
- doyen
- doyenne
- first among equalsidiom
- FLOTUS
- get oversomething/someone
- get over yourself!idiom
- guest of honour
- lynchpin
- Mister Big
- mogul
- moment
- movers and shakers
- MVP
- superiority
- the big boys
- the big enchiladaidiom
- the grand old man ofsomethingidiom