glorify
verb (used with object)
to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
self-glorifying
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a word derived from
glorify.
Example Sentences
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Styles’ role in Serena’s coming out was obviously self-glorifying; however altruistic his aims, it took for granted — and only reinforced — the 28-year-old’s position of cultural power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
The politics of the day were as ugly as can be, but the people depicted, by Raphael, Pontormo, Bronzino and Salviati, have the poise, élan and self-glorifying joie de vivre of today’s Instagram stars.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
I tell them he had been in scrapes twice before and didn't write self-glorifying accounts.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2013
But “A Word or Two,” directed by , is by no means a self-glorifying star turn.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2012
To his mortification he frequently observed in the midst of one of his most self-glorifying speeches that the girl's eyes were abstracted, as if her imagination were wandering.
From The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins
