Meanings
verbself-congratulate (third-person singular simple present self-congratulates, present participle self-congratulating, simple past and past participle self-congratulated)
present singular third person self-congratulates · participle present self-congratulating · participle past self-congratulated · past self-congratulated
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo congratulate oneself, especially in a self-satisfied manner.
Similar
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishcongratulate
- Englishself-congratulate
From self- + congratulate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
self-congratulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-congratulate
MLA
“self-congratulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-congratulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-congratulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-congratulate.
Source: self-congratulate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.