preen
verb (FEEL PROUD) /priːn/ disapprovingDefinition
preen yourself › to feel very proud or satisfied with yourself because of an action or quality: The government is publicly preening itself on the latest trade figures. The company preened itself for having taken on so many new employees last year.
(Definition of preen verb (FEEL PROUD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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