Definition of boast

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Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.

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Craker :: Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
Modest :: Modest (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man..
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..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Ostentate :: Ostentate (v. t.) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
Thrasonical :: Thrasonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious..
Braggart :: Braggart (v. i.) A boaster.
Brag :: Brag (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
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..
Vainglorious :: Vainglorious (a.) Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
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..
Bluster :: Bluster (v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Rodomontade :: Rodomontade (n.) Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
Quackish :: Quackish (a.) Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
Boasting :: Boasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boas.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
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