self-aggrandizing
adjective
- acting or intended to enhance one's power, wealth, position, or reputation
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English aggrandizing English self-aggrandizing From self- + aggrandizing.
- Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.
“His self-aggrandizing talk alienated his colleagues, who had done the work he claimed credit for.”