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• blow one's own trumpet — BOAST, brag, sing one s own praises, show off, swank, congratulate oneself; N. Amer. informal blow/toot one s own horn; Austral./NZ informal skite. → trumpet * * * blow one s own trumpet To sound one s own praises • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Sing Praises to Jehovah — is the hymnal used by Jehovah s Witnesses. It is a collection of the current Kingdom songs. It was released in English in 1984 and includes 225 songs. It was subsequently introduced in many other languages. Many songs in the current book were… …   Wikipedia

• boast — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brag, bragging, vaunt, source of pride, gasconade, pretension, self satisfaction, avowal, bravado, bluster. v. 1. [To brag] Syn. gloat, triumph, brag, swagger, exult, crow, show off, vaunt, swell, strut, bluff, flaunt,… …   English dictionary for students

• boast — v 1. brag, crow, Australian. skite, beat the drum, draw the longbow, Archaic. vaunt, trumpet, blow one s own trumpet, toot one s own horn, sing one s own praises, Sl. shoot the bull, Sl. lay it on thick; bluster, roister, puff, Sl. blow hard, Sl …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• hector — n 1. bully, bullyboy, bucko, rowdy, ruffian, tough, Inf. tough guy, coercer; intimidator, brow beater; oppressor, tyrant, terror. 2. braggart, brag, braggadocio, boaster, gascon, fanfaron, Latin, miles gloriosus; blusterer, bluffer, blatherskite …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• puff — n 1. whiff, whiffet, breath, flurry, small cloud; gust, short blast; huff, pant, wind. 2. swelling, lump, protuberance, projection, tuberosity, Anat. condyle, protrusion; node, nodule, bulb; growth, excrescence, excretion, Biol. auxesis,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• gasconade — n 1. boasting, bluster, bravado, fanfaronade, rodomontade, Sl. hot air, Sl. bunk; bombast, bluff, bounce, much cry and little wool, Latin, vox et praeterea nihil; balderdash, rant, buncombe, Inf. bunkum, Sl. bunk, claptrap, humbug. v 2. boast,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• rodomontade — n 1. boasting, bluster, bragging, fanfaronade, gasconade, Sl. hot air, Sl. bunk; self approbation, self praise, vainglory, vainglorious boasting; bravado, braggadocio, bombast, grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; extravagance,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• brag — verb he liked to brag about his business connections Syn: boast, crow, swagger, swank, bluster, gloat, show off; blow one s own horn, sing one s own praises; informal talk big, lay it on thick …   Thesaurus of popular words

• crow — verb 1) a cock crowed Syn: cry, squawk, screech, caw, call 2) crowing about your success Syn: boast, brag, trumpet, swagger, swank, gloat, show off …   Thesaurus of popular words

• swagger — v 1. strut, swash, prance, flourish, parade, march, step out. 2. boast, brag, gasconade, crow, Australian. skite, draw the long bow, vaunt, trumpet; blow one s own horn, sing one s own praises, Inf. tout oneself, pat oneself on the back, flatter… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder