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单词 self-gratulating
释义

self-gratulatingadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈɡratʃᵿleɪtɪŋ/, /ˌsɛlfˈɡratjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɡrætʃəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, gratulate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < self- prefix + gratulate v. + -ing suffix2, after self-gratulation n.
Characterized by self-gratulation; self-congratulatory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective]
gloriousa1382
vainglorious?a1500
self-flatteringa1586
self-exalting1601
self-applauding1614
self-praised1626
self-flattered1647
self-glorying1659
self-exalted1668
self-gratulating1755
self-congratulating1774
self-congratulatory1798
self-applausivea1805
self-gratulatory1818
self-exaltative1821
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective]
smug1551
fat1598
self-contented1631
self-pleased1633
self-satisfied1653
self-contenta1656
self-complacent1736
self-gratulating1755
complacent1767
well1773
self-congratulatory1798
comfortable1856
paddy1865
Podsnappian1866
cosy1927
1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio III. xii. 242 Could this Queen speak in such admiring, rejoicing, self-gratulating Terms, of her royal Consort?
1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. vii. 101 The Rover..stood for more than a minute in an attitude of high and self-gratulating triumph.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xlii. 214 The self-gratulating ignorant prosperity of the Cohens.
1905 S. A. Brooke Ten Plays Shakespeare (1906) iv. 104 Iago..attempts to account for his curious, self-gratulating pleasure in torturing Othello by pretending jealousy.
1988 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 30 373 The boor in Donne's poem begins with a faint attempt at self-gratulating wit.
2008 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 152 523 These very images cast down the gauntlet to Britain's..self-gratulating attitude about promoting humanist values.

Derivatives

self-ˈgratulatingly adv. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adverb]
for vaingloryc1380
vaingloriously1542
gloriously1566
self-gratulatingly1835
self-exaltingly1874
1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 533 Amusements and dissipations are self-gratulatingly denounced as gross follies and sins.
1998 J. G. Lawler Hopkins re-constructed (2000) i. 38 Our student of ‘contemplative psychology’ rather self-gratulatingly announces: ‘I read “Pied Beauty” as one large antithetical parallelism.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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