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Meanings of self-praise in English

Portuguese
ostentamento
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Speaking of yourself in superlatives.

        ostentamento
        Usage of self-praise in English
        1
        It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the reproach of falsehood.'
        Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
        2
        Could we go along forever living on the flubdub of self-praise?
        Under the Skylights
        3
        Scipio was in personal danger, and this took away what is odious in self-praise.
        Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
        4
        It is said that vain self-praise stinks in the nostrils.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        5
        The boys could not repress a smile at Chunky's self-praise.
        The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Lost C...
        6
        But her self-praise had in it nothing of joy, and her glory was very sad.
        Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
        7
        This bit of self-praise, of course, fitted excellently the laborious inanity of the whole conversation.
        The Shadow Line: A Confession
        8
        His undaunted manner of uttering self-praise caused the exchange editor to wink at the editorial writer.
        Tales from Bohemia
        9
        Mussolini and Hitler conducted similar symphonies of self-praise.
        The God That Failed
        10
        I don't like to indulge in self-praise, but I believe I know a thing or two.
        Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
        11
        I knew that one ought not to praise one's self and that self-praise was no recommendation.
        Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
        12
        My mother always said self-praise is no recommendation.
        Ebony
        13
        Have you got a sacred satisfaction of self-praise?
        The Path of a Star
        14
        There is no boasting, no self-consciousness, and not the faintest word of self-praise ever crosses their lips.
        Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
        15
        I had her letter, full of self-praise.
        The Kingmaker’s Daughter
        16
        Are you given to ostentation and self-praise?
        The Way of Peace
        Translations for self-praise
        Portuguese
        ostentamento
        Self-praise through the time