Definition of boast

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Boast (v. t.) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol..

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Blague :: Blague (n.) Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug.
Brag :: Brag (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
Boasting :: Boasting (n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
High :: High (superl.) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
Glory :: Glory (n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
Quack :: Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan..
Pride :: Pride (n.) That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc..
Self-glorious :: Self-glorious (a.) Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
Boast :: Boast (n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
Thrasonical :: Thrasonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious..
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Boaster :: Boaster (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
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..
Avaunt :: Avaunt (n.) A vaunt; to boast.
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel..
Crack :: Crack (n.) A boast; boasting.
Boast :: Boast (n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..
Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag..
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