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1. (v.i.) boast
to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself; brag.
2. (v.t.) boast
to speak of with excessive pride or vanity.
3. boast
to be proud in the possession of:
The town boasts two new schools.
4. (n.) boast
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride.
5. boast
exaggerated speech; bragging:
empty boasts and threats.
6. (v.t.) boast
to dress or shape (stone) roughly.
Etymology: (1815–25)
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| Definition of 'Boast' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
speaking of yourself in superlatives
2. (verb) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
show off
3. (verb) sport, feature, boast
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"she was sporting a new hat"
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1. (verb) boast
to make a statement with too much pride; = brag
to boast about her new car; his ridiculous boasts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Boast
act of boasting; vaunting or bragging
2. (noun) Boast
the cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation
3. (verb) Boast
to vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth
4. (verb) Boast
to speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult
5. (verb) Boast
to display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol
6. (verb) Boast
to display vaingloriously
7. (verb) Boast
to possess or have; as, to boast a name
8. (verb) Boast
to dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel
9. (verb) Boast
to shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required
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Sense: to talk with too much pride
He was always boasting about how clever his son was.
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 Afrikaans: spog |
 Arabic: بِتَفاخُر، بِتَبَجُّح |
 Bulgarian: хваля се |
 Brazilian: vangloriar-se |
 Czech: vychloubat se |
 German: prahlen |
 Danish: prale; blære sig |
 Greek: καυχιέμαι |
 Spanish: vanagloriarse, jactarse d |
 Estonian: hooplema |
 Farsi: مباهات کردن؛ بالیدن |
 Finnish: ylpeillä |
 French: se vanter (de) |
 Hebrew: לְהִתרַברֵב |
 Hindi: डींग मारना |
 Croatian: hvalisati se |
 Hungarian: dicsekszik |
 Indonesian: membual |
 Icelandic: gorta, hælast um |
 Italian: vantarsi |
 Japanese: 自慢する |
 Korean: 뽐내다 |
 Lithuanian: girtis |
 Latvian: lielīties; dižoties |
 Malay: cakap besar |
 Dutch: opscheppen |
 Norwegian: skryte |
 Polish: chełpić się |
 Persian: مباهات کردن؛ بالیدن |
 Pashto: لاپی وهل، غوری وهل |
 Portuguese: gabar-se |
 Romanian: a se lăuda |
 Russian: хвастать(ся) |
 Slovak: chváliť sa |
 Slovenian: bahati se |
 Serbian: hvalisati se |
 Swedish: skryta |
 Thai: คุยโว |
 Turkish: övünmek, kendini methetme |
 Taiwanese: 自誇 |
 Ukrainian: хвастати, хвалитися |
 Urdu: شیخی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: khoe khoang |
 Chinese: 自夸 |
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