applaud
verb (used without object)
to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc..
self-applauding
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a word derived from
applaud.
Example Sentences
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The well-known line, "Sum pius Æneas, famâ super æthere notus," occurs too frequently to render it possible to take any interest in such a self-applauding character.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
But bade the self-applauding crow, fill'd big With hopes of favor for his faithful tale, With snowy-plumag'd birds no more to join.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
The vindictive P. T. was both so fortunate and so hearty in his commendations that he proved the mere echo of Pope in his self-applauding moods.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by William Hazlitt
