What does Boastful mean?
Definitions for Boastful
ˈboʊst fəlboast·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Boastful.
Princeton's WordNet
boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandisingadjective
exhibiting self-importance
"big talk"
Wiktionary
boastfuladjective
Tending to boast or brag.
He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Boastfuladjective
Ostentatious; inclined to brag.
Etymology: from boast and full.
Boastful, and rough, your first son is a ’squire;
The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
boastful
Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy.Individuals construct an image of themselves, a personal identity, and present themselves in a manner that is consistent with that image. Theodore Millon theorized that in self-presentation, individuals seek to balance boasting against discrediting themselves with excessive self-promotion or being caught blatantly misrepresenting themselves. Studies show that people often have a limited ability to perceive how their efforts at self-presentation are actually impacting their acceptance and likeability by others.
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boastful
Boastful refers to an individual or behavior characterized by exaggerated pride or self-satisfaction in their achievements, abilities, qualities, or possessions, often to the point of excessively talking about them in a manner that may be perceived as arrogant or pretentious.
Webster Dictionary
Boastfuladjective
given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising
Anagrams for Boastful »
boatfuls
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Boastful in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Boastful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Boastful in a Sentence
Given North Korea's often boastful claims in the past, its assertion that it has mastered the science necessary for a thermonuclear explosion cannot be accepted uncritically.
Civilization culminates in the power-press. It is the grand total of the difference between a boastful United Statian and a beastly Hottentot, —between Yankee Doodle and Timbucktoodle
Bible, Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
If you’re not normally boastful, then people are going to be much more inclined to say, ‘Wow, he or she just really wants to share,’ rather than think you’re rubbing it in their faces.
You tell people that and they think that's very boastful, very aggressive. But setting mediocre goals is setting yourself up for mediocrity, i always like to shoot for the moon and see what happens.
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- самохваленBulgarian
- vanagloriósCatalan, Valencian
- pralendeDanish
- stolz, prahlerischGerman
- jactanciosoSpanish
- vantardFrench
- mórfhoclachIrish
- bragailScottish Gaelic
- डींग मारने काHindi
- kérkedő, hencegő, dicsekvőHungarian
- 自慢Japanese
- lielīgsLatvian
- pākiwahaMāori
- бардамMongolian
- orgulhosoPortuguese
- lăudărosRomanian
- хвастливый, гордыйRussian
- самохвалисав, хвалисав, hvalisav, samohvalisavSerbo-Croatian
- skytsamSwedish
- பெருமையடிக்கும்Tamil
- khoe khoangVietnamese
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