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self-aggrandising

/ˌself.əˈɡræn.daɪ.zɪŋ/

الترجمة: يصف شخصًا أو فعلًا يهدف إلى تعظيم سلطته أو ثروته أو مكانته، غالبًا بطريقة متفاخرة أو مبالغ فيها.

مدخل واحد

adjective

/ˌself.əˈɡræn.daɪ.zɪŋ/C2formal
  • arيصف شخصًا أو فعلًا يهدف إلى تعظيم سلطته أو ثروته أو مكانته، غالبًا بطريقة متفاخرة أو مبالغ فيها.

Describes a person or action that is intended to increase one's own power, wealth, or importance, often in a boastful or exaggerated way.

  1. Exaggerating one's own importanceC1formal

    Describing behavior that promotes oneself as more important or powerful than is actually the case.

    arتَعْظيم الذات

    • His self-aggrandising speech annoyed the audience.
    • She has a self-aggrandising habit of taking credit for others' work.
    • The politician's self-aggrandising remarks were widely criticized.

    المرادفاتboastfulegotisticalpretentiousvainglorious

    الأضدادhumblemodestself-effacingunassuming

  2. Showing excessive prideC1formal

    Characterized by an inflated sense of one's own worth or abilities.

    arمُتَعَالٍ مُتَفَاخِر

    • His self-aggrandising attitude made him difficult to work with.
    • The article was a self-aggrandising account of his achievements.
    • Self-aggrandising behavior often alienates colleagues.

    المرادفاتarrogantconceitedegotisticalnarcissisticoverweeningpompousvainglorious

    الأضدادhumblemeekmodestself-effacingunassuming

الصيغ
  • more self-aggrandising comparative form
  • most self-aggrandising superlative form