laudatory
adjective
containing or expressing praise.
self-laudatory
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a word derived from
laudatory.
Example Sentences
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Less charitably, the majority gave itself an undeserved self-laudatory pat on the back in the face of a devastating moral loss.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2018
The distinction: ads provide pertinent information such as type of practice, office hours, and even the schedule of fees; solicitation involves self-laudatory or fraudulent claims, or patients' testimonials.
From Time Magazine Archive
The book is happily free from self-laudatory passages.”
From Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies by Joshua A. Nunn
They were a vain, self-laudatory lot, and all of them had that craving for the centre of the stage and the hot glare of the spot-light which is still to be found in isolated cases.
From In Pastures New by George Ade
Mr. Pickwick, in his speech, was certainly self-laudatory and provocative.
From Pickwickian Studies by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
