Definitions for boastful
ˈboʊst fəlboast·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandisingadjective

   exhibiting self-importance

   "big talk"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boastfuladjective

   Tending to boast or brag.

   He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Boastfuladjective

   given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising

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1. boatfuls

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of boastful in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of boastful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of boastful in a Sentence

1. Bridget McKay:

   I remember when I was a little girl, all the hype around him, he was so boastful and confident about who he was. He made me feel that it was OK to be myself, that I didn't have to be anyone else.

2. Representative Adam Schiff:

   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.

3. Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

   It will be an ill day when our brethren take to bragging and boasting and call it 'testimony to the victorious Christian life.' We trust that holiness will be more than ever the aim of believers, but not the boastful holiness which has deluded some of the excellent of the earth into vain glory, and under which their firmest friends shudder for them.

4. Jared Allen:

   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.

5. Little Rock:

   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

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=boastful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boastful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=boastful
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boastful
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boastful