Definition of boast

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Boast (v. i.) 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..

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Brag :: Brag (v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do..
Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Vauntful :: Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.
Brag :: Brag (adv.) Proudly; boastfully.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
Talker :: Talker (n.) A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Boastingly :: Boastingly (adv.) Boastfully; with boasting.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
Huff :: Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Boast :: Boast (v. i.) 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..
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..
Ostentate :: Ostentate (v. t.) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
Boaster :: Boaster (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
Rodomont :: Rodomont (a.) Bragging; vainly boasting.
Braggadocio :: Braggadocio (n.) A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
Fanfaronade :: Fanfaronade (n.) A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
Avauntour :: Avauntour (n.) A boaster.
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements..
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