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self-congratulatory en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of selfcongratulatory.
    • Annabelle came skipping out of the house with an air of self-congratulatory joy that was instantly annoying. 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
    • It sure does feel like a lot of people engaging in this tinhattery and self-congratulatory ‘well, I never lived Diddy’ crap care less about the victims than they do their own egos. 2024 October 9, Kayleigh Donaldson, “Piers Morgan Finds Out After F***ing Around With Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Reputations”, in Pajiba:

Forms

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more self-congratulatory Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most self-congratulatory Degree=Sup lexicographic