ego-inflating

It was not quite as ego-inflating as being drunk, but well on the way.

Its incessant use is an ego-inflating device, not a communication necessity.

She had always looked back on her Shadow Dancer time with some ego-inflating colorations.

Their jargons are highly effective as ego-inflating devices and for creating exclusionary in-groups.

Indeed there is a sense that without the ego-inflating protection of self-esteem to buoy me up, I may become irretrievably sucked under.

Acura's flagship still seems designed for an illusory luxury world, one in which low-key virtue trumps high design and ego-inflating performance.

You've got to really know yourself, possess unusual self-confidence, and be pretty well grounded in reality to withstand the ego-inflating onslaught of winning big in business.

It was the third straight victory for the Clippers, who never trailed en route to their sixth win in seven games following a pair of ego-inflating wins against the Miami Heat and the Lakers.

The thought of R.P. Franken, former Senator, having to adjust to life without the myriad senatorial perks, the ego-inflating press conferences, the ammunition to give and take political secrets, the constant adrenaline high of being special, was too depressing to contemplate for long.

The review lamented the lack of coverage of most of the album's songs, and in Hyden's opinion, it was ironic that the band was trying to live down the "ego-inflating" Rattle and Hum in a film that he also considered "ego-inflating".