self-flattering
- a word derived from self-flattery.
Example Sentences
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That sounds really self-flattering to say but she’s a baby of the family and was taken care of like the baby of the family.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Those autobiographical narratives are always being updated as time passes — and, of course, tend to be at least modestly self-flattering.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022
But as with Ye's own self-flattering narrative, "taking responsibility" in this context does nothing for women's autonomy.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022
What ensues is an intriguing exercise in unreliable storytelling and justification, as the men puff their stories up with hyperbole and self-flattering glory.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021
Most likely the old lover mistook the meaning of the lady's agitation in his presence, and ascribed it to a self-flattering origin.
From For Woman's Love by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
