Usually means: Praising oneself excessively; often smug.
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  1. self-congratulatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-congratulatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-congratulatory, self-congratulatory: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Self-congratulatory, self-congratulatory: Wordnik
  5. self-congratulatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. self-congratulatory: Wiktionary
  7. self-congratulatory: Dictionary.com
  8. self-congratulatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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adjective:  Alternative spelling of selfcongratulatory [Being in the nature of self-congratulation]

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