self-applauding

/uh-plawd/US // əˈplɔd //UK // (əˈplɔːd) //

自吹自擂,自赞,自诩为,自称颂

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- : to express approval; give praise; acclaim.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands so as to show approval, appreciation, etc., of: to applaud an actor; to applaud a speech.
- : to praise or express approval of: to applaud a person's ambition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inboastful

Synonyms

arrogant傲慢的,傲慢,嚣张的,嚣张 bombastic轰轰烈烈,虚张声势,轰轰烈烈的,夸夸其谈 cocky傲慢的,骄横的,狂妄的,傲慢 exultant兴高采烈,欢呼雀跃,欢欣鼓舞,兴高采烈地 pompous夸夸其谈,虚夸的,浮夸,虚夸 pretentious装腔作势,矫情,矫揉造作,矫情的 big大,大的,大型,很大 big-headed耍大牌,耍大牌的,磊落,顽皮的

Examples

“This is an example of the progress that can be achieved when you collaborate and dedicate resources to improving the quality of water,” said Ohio governor Mike DeWine last year, applauding the EPA’s decision to declare fish in the river safe to eat.
To which the farmers and ranchers listening to his speech applauded very mightily.
Further, while TikTok should be applauded for exposing its algorithm, its competitors are likely to scoff at its suggestion that “all companies should disclose their algorithms, moderation policies, and data flows to regulators.”
We try to show all sides to the story’ — lots of people are trying to do that … I applaud what they try to get at, but I just don’t see that as a defendable position.
Protecting their funding is a noble intention, and the Legislature should be applauded for it.
It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.
Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.
They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.
I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.
If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.
I think so, at least, by the agitation they are in and by the self-satisfied air with which they applaud their success.
When June's fortune is finished all applaud her, as if she had performed some feat of skill, and then Mr. Morrell seizes Wy.

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self-applauding

/uh-plawd/US // əˈplɔd //UK // (əˈplɔːd) //

自吹自擂,自赞,自诩为,自称颂

Related Words

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- : to express approval; give praise; acclaim.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands so as to show approval, appreciation, etc., of: to applaud an actor; to applaud a speech.
- : to praise or express approval of: to applaud a person's ambition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inboastful

Synonyms

Examples

“This is an example of the progress that can be achieved when you collaborate and dedicate resources to improving the quality of water,” said Ohio governor Mike DeWine last year, applauding the EPA’s decision to declare fish in the river safe to eat.
To which the farmers and ranchers listening to his speech applauded very mightily.
Further, while TikTok should be applauded for exposing its algorithm, its competitors are likely to scoff at its suggestion that “all companies should disclose their algorithms, moderation policies, and data flows to regulators.”
We try to show all sides to the story’ — lots of people are trying to do that … I applaud what they try to get at, but I just don’t see that as a defendable position.
Protecting their funding is a noble intention, and the Legislature should be applauded for it.
It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.
Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.
They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.
I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.
If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.
I think so, at least, by the agitation they are in and by the self-satisfied air with which they applaud their success.
When June's fortune is finished all applaud her, as if she had performed some feat of skill, and then Mr. Morrell seizes Wy.

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