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- Dictionaryboast/bəʊst/
verb
- 1. talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities: "she boasted about her many conquests" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride): "the hotel boasts high standards of comfort" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: "I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast" Similar
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BOAST definition: 1. to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own: 2. to have or own…. Learn more.
The meaning of BOAST is a statement expressing excessive pride in oneself : the act or an instance of boasting : brag. How to use boast in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Boast.
To boast is to brag, especially in a way that exaggerates or shows excessive pride about the boaster’s skills, possessions, or accomplishments. The word boast can also be used as a noun to refer to such a claim, as in He made outrageous boasts about how he once rode a shark.
1. (intr; sometimes foll by of or about) to speak in exaggerated or excessively proud terms of one's possessions, skills, or superior qualities; brag. 2. (transitive) to possess (something to be proud of) the city boasts a fine cathedral. noun.
When you boast you are bragging about yourself and your accomplishments (or maybe those of your family), often to the boredom and annoyance of your audience. Used as either a noun or a verb, boast usually suggests exaggeration, vanity, or pride.
Definition of boast verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
boast (that…) something that a person talks about in a very proud way, often to seem more important or clever. Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college. It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day's work because of illness.
BOAST definition: 1. to talk with too much pride about what you have done or what you own: 2. If a place boasts…. Learn more.
Boast usually refers to a particular ability, possession, etc., that may be one of such kind as to justify a good deal of pride: He boasts of his ability as a singer. Brag, a more colloquial term, usually suggests a more ostentatious and exaggerated boasting but less well-founded: He brags loudly of his marksmanship. boast2 (bōst), v.t. [ Masonry.]
boast meaning, definition, what is boast: to talk too proudly about your abilities...: Learn more.
