noun
Meaning 1
The praise of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-praise
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noun
Meaning 2
speaking of yourself in superlatives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boast, boasting, jactitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
Narrower terms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade, braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade, vaunt, self-assertion
History
Etymology
From self- + praise.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Eigenlob — praise of oneself
- German: Selbstlob — praise of oneself
- Hindi: आत्मप्रशंसा (ātmapraśansā) — praise of oneself
- Hindi: आत्मस्तुति (ātmastuti) — praise of oneself
- Hungarian: öndicséret — praise of oneself
- Korean: 자찬 (jachan) — praise of oneself
- Korean: 자화자찬 (jahwajachan) — praise of oneself
- Malayalam: ആത്മപ്രശംസ (ātmapraśaṁsa) — praise of oneself
- Spanish: autobombo — praise of oneself
- Spanish: autoelogio — praise of oneself
- Tamil: தற்புகழ்ச்சி (taṟpukaḻcci) — praise of oneself
- Tamil: தற்பெருமை (taṟperumai) — praise of oneself
- Telugu: ఆత్మస్తుతి (ātmastuti) — praise of oneself