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- Dictionaryboasting/ˈbəʊstɪŋ/
noun
- 1. excessively proud and self-satisfied talk about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities: "his online boasting led police straight to his doorstep"
adjective
- 1. exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or self-satisfaction: "she addressed his boasting comments about being a famous billionaire"
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to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own: He didn't talk about his exam results in case people thought he was boasting. Parents enjoy boasting about their children's achievements. [ + that ] They boasted that they had never lost a single game. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to boast about something.
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 speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own: He didn't talk about his exam results in case people thought he was boasting. Parents enjoy boasting about their children's achievements. [ + that ] They boasted that they had never lost a single game. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to boast about something.
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.
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.
noun. speaking of yourself in superlatives. synonyms: boast, jactitation, self-praise. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Boasting." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/boasting. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. boasting.
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.
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.
1. To say (something about oneself) in a proud or self-admiring way. 2. To have or possess (a desirable feature): a mall that boasts 80 shops. n. 1. The act or an instance of boasting: got tired of listening to his boasts. 2. A source of pride. [Middle English bosten, from bost, a brag .] boast′er n. boast′ful adj. boast′ful·ly adv.
