Synonyms for flatter oneself
- congratulate
- boast
- brag
- crow
- exult
- felicitate
- gasconade
- overbear
- pique
- plume
- prance
- preen
- presume
- strut
- swagger
- swell
- vaunt
- be proud
- glory in
- hold head high
- puff up
- revel in
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR FLATTER ONESELF
Vain illusion to flatter oneself that one can ever cure an actress of the faults instilled in her from childhood!
Motionless sits he; 'astonished,' one may flatter oneself, 'at the proud bearing (fiere contenance) of the Parisians.'
Yet I can see no ground, except a desire to flatter oneself, for not crediting the élan vital with some such digestive intention.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR FLATTER ONESELF
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- hug oneself
- jive
- lay on thick
- prate
- preen
- psych
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- talk big
- triumph
- vapor
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- hug oneself
- jive
- lay on thick
- prate
- preen
- psych
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- talk big
- triumph
- vapor
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- hug oneself
- jive
- lay on thick
- prate
- preen
- psych
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- talk big
- triumph
- vapor
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.