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boast Definition


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boast
verb boasted, boasting
    intr
    1. To talk with excessive pride about one's own abilities or achievements, etc.
      Thesaurus: gloat, exult, brag, crow, show off, blow one's own trumpet (slang), blow one's own horn (US slang), pat oneself on the back, bluster, flaunt.
      Form: boast about something (often)
      Form: boast of something
    2. To own or have (something it is right to be proud of).
      Example: The hotel boasts magnificent views across the valley
noun
    1. An act of boasting; a brag.
      Thesaurus: brag, claim, bravado, bluster, gasconade, avowal, braggadocio, rodomontade.
    2. A thing one is proud of.
Derivative: boaster
noun
    Derivative: boasting
    noun, adj
      Etymology: 14c as bost, probably originally meaning ‘to speak in a loud voice'.



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