self-aggrandize

verb

To promote oneself; to boast.

Similar
self-promote
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Meanings

verbself-aggrandize (third-person singular simple present self-aggrandizes, present participle self-aggrandizing, simple past and past participle self-aggrandized)

present singular third person self-aggrandizes · participle present self-aggrandizing · participle past self-aggrandized · past self-aggrandized · alternative British mainly self-aggrandise

  1. transitiveTo promote oneself; to boast.

    Synonyms: self-promote

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo promote oneself; to boast.

Similar
self-promote

Origin

self- + aggrandize.

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Translations

Welsh ymhyfrydu
  • ymhyfryduto self-promote
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APA

self-aggrandize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-aggrandize

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“self-aggrandize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-aggrandize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-aggrandize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-aggrandize.

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