Definition of boast

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Boast (n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation..

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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..
Vainglory :: Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Ostentator :: Ostentator (n.) One fond of display; a boaster.
Rodomont :: Rodomont (n.) A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio.
Craker :: Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.
Gassy :: Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
Quack :: Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor..
Self-glorious :: Self-glorious (a.) Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
Glorious :: Glorious (n.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
Braggadocio :: Braggadocio (n.) A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
Brag :: Brag (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
Gasconade :: Gasconade (v. i.) To boast; to brag; to bluster.
Boastance :: Boastance (n.) Boasting.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Avaunt :: Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To vaunt; to boast.
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..
Avaunt :: Avaunt (n.) A vaunt; to boast.
Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
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