boastful

  • 1Boastful — Boast ful, a. Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self praising. {Boast ful*ly}, adv. {Boast ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2boastful — index grandiose, inflated (vain), orgulous, pretentious (pompous), proud (conceited) Burt …

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  • 3boastful — (adj.) early 14c., from BOAST (Cf. boast) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Boastfully; boastfulness …

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  • 4boastful — [adj] bragging arrogant, big, bigheaded, bombastic, cocky, conceited, crowing, egotistic, egotistical, exultant, full of hot air*, hifalutin*, hot stuff*, know it all, loudmouth, on ego trip*, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, self aggrandizing,… …

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  • 5boastful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing excessive pride and self satisfaction in oneself. DERIVATIVES boastfully adverb boastfulness noun …

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  • 6boastful — [bōst′fəl] adj. inclined to brag; boasting boastfully adv. boastfulness n …

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  • 7boastful — [[t]bo͟ʊstfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own. I am not afraid of seeming boastful... The last thing we want to do is make boastful predictions. Syn …

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  • 8boastful — adj. boastful about, of * * * of boastful about …

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  • 9boastful — UK [ˈbəʊstf(ə)l] / US [ˈboʊstfəl] adjective showing disapproval someone who is boastful often talks proudly about things they have done or can do, or about something they own, especially in order to make other people admire them I don t want to… …

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  • 10boastful — adjective Tending to boast or brag. He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds …

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