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Boasting   /bˈoʊstɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Boast  v. t.  
1.
To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. "Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds."
2.
To display vaingloriously.
3.
To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. (Archaic) "Boast not thyself of to-morrow."


Boast  v. t.  
1.
(Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
2.
(Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.


Boast  v. i.  (past & past part. boasted; pres. part. boasting)  
1.
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. "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:... not of works, lest any man should boast."
2.
To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. "In God we boast all the day long."
Synonyms: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.


noun
Boasting  n.  The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. "When boasting ends, then dignity begins."





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"Boasting" Quotes from Famous Books



... the approved method. The storekeeper exemplified it, and having talked about nothing for ten minutes, quietly remarked that young Larrimer was out hunting a scalp, had been drinking most of the morning, and was now about the town boasting of what he intended ...
— Black Jack • Max Brand
... the highest type of noble men, Compare their heroes with the cavaliers, Boasting their ancestry through tangled lines; But I, who care not for patrician blood, Hold him the highest who constrains great ends, Or rounds a prudent life ...
— Stories in Verse • Henry Abbey
... set out, a conversation took place between Gadifer and himself, which we must not omit to notice. Gadifer began boasting of all he had done, and asked for the gift of Fortaventura, Teneriffe, and Gomera Islands, ...
— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part I. The Exploration of the World • Jules Verne
... more about them than he did already. I am not boasting; but people who learn only from experience do not allow ...
— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope
... had first seen him that morning, staring into the embers of the fire. As I watched him, even through my anger I felt a vague regret, a touch of pity—pity for a life that was wasted in spite of its possibilities, in boasting and blackguardry. I began hoping that he would speak, would argue or remonstrate. Instead, he said nothing, only sat serenely indifferent, his eyes still on the fire. Stepping around the debris that filled the room, I had placed my hand on the latch, ...
— The Unspeakable Gentleman • John P. Marquand


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