self-aggrandising

Questions about self-aggrandising

What does self-aggrandising mean?

self-aggrandising means "of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-aggrandising?

self-aggrandising has 5 syllables and divides as sel-f-ag-gran-di-sing under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-aggrandising?

Close synonyms include self-aggrandizing, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-aggrandising a common word?

self-aggrandising is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.