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boastful

[ bohst-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by boasting. boast.

    Synonyms: egotistic, vainglorious, cocksure, pompous, cocky, conceited



boastful

/ ˈbəʊstfʊl /

adjective

  1. tending to boast; characterized by boasting


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Derived Forms

  • ˈboastfulness, noun
  • ˈboastfully, adverb

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Other Words From

  • boastful·ly adverb
  • boastful·ness noun
  • over·boastful adjective
  • over·boastful·ly adverb
  • over·boastful·ness noun
  • un·boastful adjective
  • un·boastful·ly adverb
  • un·boastful·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boastful1

First recorded in 1275–1325, boastful is from the Middle English word bostful. See boast 1, -ful

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Example Sentences

On video, Raymond Santana was smug, boastful, and nonchalant by turns, vividly reenacting who did what during the rape.

He then regales them, boastful without even the sheen of a humblebrag, with tales of his glittering political career.

Water got trucked in, and CNN arrived on the scene, creating a national embarrassment for normally boastful Texas officials.

The self-promotion, Seelie thinks, is somewhat boastful, and he wonders, is it worth it?

But he couldn't resist adding that it was "difficult to sing," and that "its sentiments are boastful and bloodthirsty."

They heard the boastful war songs of their foes echoing weirdly across the plain.

A moment afterward the Kiowa finished his boastful tale, and received a noisy ovation from his people.

They glared fiercely into the east, and murmured boastful threats against the hated foes in the distant camp.

They lingered a moment or so, shouting boastful threats against the Pawnees.

There would come between me and my page Archie Merridew's pink and boastful face as I had seen him issue from the library door.

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