boasted, boasting Definition

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'.