Boast

[bəʊst] or [bost]

Definition

(noun.) speaking of yourself in superlatives.

(verb.) show off.

Checked by Evita--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

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

(v. t.) To display vaingloriously.

(v. t.) To possess or have; as, to boast a name.

(v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

(v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

(n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.

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

Typist: Miguel

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, TALK BIG, ride a high horse.

v. a. [1]. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of.[2]. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble).

n. [1]. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.[2]. Cause of pride or laudable exultation.

Typed by Avery

Definition

v.i. to talk vaingloriously: to brag (with of) —v.t. to brag of: speak proudly or confidently of esp. justifiably: to magnify or exalt one's self.—n. an expression of pride: a brag: the cause of boasting.—adj. Boast′ful given to brag.—adv. Boast′fully.—ns. Boast′fulness Boast′ing ostentatious display: vaunting.—adj. Boast′less without boasting; simple unostentatious.

Typist: Ruth