Boastful
['bəʊstfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['bostfl]
Definition
(a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.
Checker: Terrance
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- A hearty kissing I got for a welcome, and some boastful triumph, which I swallowed as well as I could. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He declared, in his boastful way, that we should see the Diamond on his finger, if the English army took Seringapatam. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There was a rakish, vagabond smartness, and a kind of boastful rascality, about the whole man, that was worth a mine of gold. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Still, on the whole, it is possible to be too boastful even of that boon. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- False and boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place. Plato. The Republic.
- They say, those boastful English, that it is the Refuge of many. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They were all feverish, boastful, and indefinably loose; and they all ate and drank a great deal; and made bets in eating and drinking. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Quentin