boastful

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• Boastful — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

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

• boastful — [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,… …   New thesaurus

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

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

• boastful — [[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 …   English dictionary

• boastful — adj. boastful about, of * * * of boastful about …   Combinatory dictionary

• boastful — 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… …   English dictionary

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

• boastful — boast|ful [ boustfəl ] adjective too eager to tell other people what you have done or could do, or about something you own, especially in order to make them admire you: I don t want to sound boastful but I always finish everything on time. ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English