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Self-aggrandizing

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.

    "His self-aggrandizing talk alienated his colleagues, who had done the work he claimed credit for."

Adjective
  1. 1
    exhibiting self-importance wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement wordnet

Etymology

From self- + aggrandizing.

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