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Verb

Present participle for to behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers

Present participle for to (excessively) talk up one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

Present participle for to ostentatiously draw attention to

Present participle for to behave affectedly, especially in order to impress others

Present participle for to make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject

Egotistically obsessed with oneself

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Present participle for to behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers

playing to the gallery

drawing attention to oneself

playing to the cheap seats

making a spectacle of

walking arrogantly

advertizing oneself

walking confidently

making your presence felt

getting noticed

walking

making one's presence felt

doing something for effect

trying to attract attention

making a show

striking a pose

putting on an act

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Present participle for to (excessively) talk up one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

congratulating oneself

talking big

glorying in

blowing your own horn

flattering oneself

blowing smoke

patting oneself on the back

preening oneself

blowing hard

exulting in

blowing your own trumpet

giving oneself airs

congratulating oneself on

laying it on thick

flying your own kite

hugging oneself

singing your own praises

giving a good account of yourself

shooting one's mouth off

exulting

tooting one's own horn

speaking for Buncombe

reveling^US

revelling^UK

trying to make an impression

feeling self-satisfied about

patting oneself on the back for

preening oneself on

giving oneself a pat on the back for

rejoicing in

feeling satisfaction at

piquing oneself on

feeling proud of

feeling proud about

flattering oneself on

rejoicing at

giving oneself airs about

showing off about

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Present participle for to ostentatiously draw attention to

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Present participle for to behave affectedly, especially in order to impress others

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Present participle for to make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

Adjective

Egotistically obsessed with oneself

having a swelled head

inward-looking

on an ego trip

self-admiring

wrapped up in oneself

know-it-all

wrapped up with oneself

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

patronising^UK

looking after number one

too big for your breeches

looking out for number one

in love with yourself

pleased with yourself

too big for your britches

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

stand-offish

heavy-handed

cold-eyed

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

honourable^UK

honorable^US

gracious

blowing one's own horn

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

offensively self-assertive

throwing one's weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

phony^US

phoney^UK

like the cat that swallowed the canary

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

keeping people at arm's length

blowing one's own trumpet

resting on your laurels

lording it

like the cat that got the cream

throwing weight around

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