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self-praise

NOUN
  1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

How To Use self-praise In A Sentence

  • Apart from more self-praise, we praise others more often today.
  • You need a strong stomach for phrases such as 'investing in connectivity', and for its self-praise. Times, Sunday Times
  • Other writers are very big on self-praise and vanity.
  • It is a remarkable story, simply told with neither self-pity nor self-praise. Times, Sunday Times
  • She carried on a monologue of self-praise and justification.
  • In both of these recent trials, the authorities came away with a guilty verdict - and self-praise that ‘a message has been sent’ - while avoiding the central issue.
  • You're putting in the hours, but those who are good at self-praise get the recognition you deserve. The Sun
  • The boaster is a well-known character in every Indian village; and it is quite plain from the number of stories warning us against self-praise, that the wise men of the tribe have not been slow to discover and point out this weakness of their people. Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold
  • More self-praise flowed, then - after 33 minutes, four cuts and about 200 boasts - he stopped. Times, Sunday Times
  • This conditional active interest in the outcome is, the children learned how to abandon their own true feelings and aspirations, but the parents accept that part of self-praise.
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