hug oneself

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blow one's own horn v.
boast v.

VERB

blow one's own horn

Synonyms

WEAK

boast brag crow gloat grandstand pat oneself on the back toot one's own horn

VERB

boast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advertise

STRONG

aggrandize blow bluster bully cock-a-doodle-doo con crow exaggerate exult fake flaunt flourish gasconade gloat glory grandstand jive prate preen puff shoot shovel showboat shuck sling strut swagger triumph vapor

WEAK

attract attention blow one's own horn blow smoke congratulate oneself flatter oneself give a good account of oneself lay on thick psych show off sound off talk big

Antonyms

STRONG

be sad conceal fail hide

WEAK

be modest deprecate

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hug oneself

The pleasure was to be out of the wind, and to keep it in memory all the time, and hug oneself upon the shelter.

From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson

The pleasure was to be out of the wind, and to keep it in memory all the time, and hug oneself 109 upon the shelter.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson

hug oneself

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