self-admiring

ADJECTIVE

egotistic

Synonyms

WEAK

affected aloof autocratic boastful boasting bragging conceited egocentric egoistical egomaniacal egotistical haughty idiosyncratic inborn individualistic inflated ingrained inherent inner-directed intimate intrinsic introverted isolated narcissistic obsessive opinionated personal pompous prideful proud puffed up self-absorbed self-centered self-important snobbish stuck-up subjective superior swollen vain vainglorious

Antonyms

WEAK

altruistic humble modest reserved selfless unpretentious

ADJECTIVE

egotistic/egoistic

Synonyms

WEAK

affected aloof autocratic boastful boasting bragging conceited egocentric egomaniacal haughty individualistic inflated inner-directed intimate intrinsic introverted isolated narcissistic obsessive opinionated personal pompous prideful proud puffed up self-absorbed self-centered self-important snobbish stuck on oneself stuck-up subjective superior swollen vain vainglorious

Antonyms

WEAK

altruistic humble modest reserved selfless shy submissive timid unassuming

ADJECTIVE

self-involved

Synonyms

STRONGEST

narcissistic self-absorbed snobbish

WEAK

affected aloof autocratic boastful boasting bragging conceited egocentric egoistic egoistical egomaniacal egotistical haughty individualistic inflated inner-directed intimate intrinsic introverted isolated obsessive opinionated personal pompous prideful proud puffed up self-centered self-important self-seeking self-serving selfish stuck on oneself stuck-up subjective superior swollen vain vainglorious wrapped up in oneself

ADJECTIVE

self-seeking

Synonyms

STRONG

boasting bragging egocentric intimate obsessive personal superior

WEAK

affected aloof autocratic boastful conceited egoistic egoistical egomaniacal egotistical haughty individualistic inflated inner-directed intrinsic introverted isolated narcissistic opinionated pompous prideful proud puffed up self-absorbed self-centered self-important self-involved self-serving selfish snobbish stuck on oneself stuck-up subjective swollen vain vainglorious wrapped up in oneself

Antonyms

STRONG

humble public

ADJECTIVE

self-serving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boastful pompous self-absorbed selfish subjective

WEAK

affected aloof autocratic boasting bragging conceited egocentric egoistic egoistical egomaniacal egotistical haughty individualistic inflated inner-directed intimate intrinsic introverted isolated narcissistic obsessive opinionated personal prideful proud puffed up self-centered self-important self-involved self-seeking snobbish stuck on oneself stuck-up superior swollen vain vainglorious wrapped up in oneself

Antonyms

STRONGEST

modest

ADJECTIVE

swellheaded

Synonyms

WEAK

affected aloof autocratic boastful boasting bragging conceited egocentric egoistic egoistical egomaniacal egotistical haughty individualistic inflated inner-directed intimate intrinsic introverted isolated narcissistic obsessive opinionated personal pompous prideful proud puffed up self-absorbed self-centered self-important snobbish stuck on oneself stuck-up subjective superior swollen vain vainglorious

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Nor can they quite overcome the disconnect between the glossy, self-admiring visual beauty of “Close” and the stormier, uglier emotional depths it purports to uncover.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

O’Neill wasn’t wrong, though, in the self-admiring assessment he made in a 1940 letter to the critic George Jean Nathan, to whom he had sent an early draft.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2018

Like many self-appointed saviors, Haftar spoke with a certain self-admiring fatalism.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

PSYCHOLOGY: Peter K. Jonason, Amy Jones and Minna Lyons, for figuring out that people who habitually stay up late tend to be more self-admiring, more manipulative and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2014

Truly 'tis not the self-admiring boy Nymph Echo longed so vainly to enjoy; Yet the old classic fable hath a phase Which seems to fit the opprobrium of our days.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 23, 1892 by Various

self-admiring

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