boast as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
boast
noun
1 boast
Speaking of yourself in superlatives.
synonyms: boasting, jactitation, self-praise.
Roget 884:
boasting
etc.
v.;
boast,
vaunt,
crake†;
pretense,
pretensions;
puff,
puffery;
flourish,
fanfaronade†;
gasconade;
blague†,
bluff,
gas [Slang];
highfalutin,
highfaluting†;
hot air,
spread-eagleism [U.S.];
brag,
braggardism†;
bravado,
bunkum,
buncombe;
jactitation†,
jactancy†;
bounce;
venditation†,
vaporing,
rodomontade,
bombast,
fine talking,
tall talk,
magniloquence,
teratology†,
heroics;
Chauvinism;
exaggeration
etc.
549.
vanity
etc.
880;
vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.];
much cry and little wool,
brutum fulmen [Lat.].
exultation;
gloriation†,
glorification;
flourish of trumpets;
triumph
etc.
883.
boaster;
braggart,
braggadocio;
Gascon [Fr.],
fanfaron†,
pretender,
soi-disant [Fr.];
blower [U.S.],
bluffer,
Foxy Quiller†;
blusterer
etc.
887;
charlatan,
jack-pudding,
trumpeter;
puppy
etc.
(fop)
854.
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Dutch: opscheppen
Polish: przechwaĆa
verb
1 boast
Show off.
synonyms: blow, bluster, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt.
Roget 880:
be vain
etc.
adj.,
be vain of;
pique oneself
etc.
(pride)
878;
lay the flattering unction to one's soul.
have too high an opinion of oneself,
have an overweening opinion of oneself,
have too high an opinion of one's talents;
blind oneself as to one's own merit;
not think small beer of oneself,
not think vin ordinaire of oneself [Fr.];
put oneself forward;
fish for compliments;
give oneself airs
etc.
(assume)
885;
boast
etc.
884.
render vain
etc.
adj.;
inspire with vanity
etc.
n.;
inflate,
puff up,
turn up,
turn one's head.
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Roget 855:
affect,
act a part,
put on;
give oneself airs
etc.
(arrogance)
885;
boast
etc.
884;
coquet;
simper,
mince,
attitudinize,
pose;
flirt a fan;
overact,
overdo.
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Roget 884:
boast,
make a boast of,
brag,
vaunt,
Puff,
show off,
flourish,
crake†,
crack,
trumpet,
strut,
swagger,
vapor;
blague†,
blow,
four-flush [Slang],
bluff.
exult,
crow,
crow over,
neigh,
chuckle,
triumph;
throw up one's cap;
talk big,
se faire valoir [Fr.],
faire claquer son fouet [Fr.],
take merit to oneself,
make a merit of,
sing Io triumphe†,
holloa before one is out of the wood†.
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Roget 878:
be proud
etc.
adj.;
put a good face on;
look one in the face;
stalk abroad,
perk oneself up;
think no small beer of oneself;
presume,
swagger,
strut;
rear one's head,
lift up one's head,
hold up one's head;
hold one's head high,
look big,
take the wall,
bear like the Turk no rival near the throne"
[Pope],
carry with a high hand;
ride the high horse,
mount on one's high horse;
set one's back up,
bridle,
toss the head;
give oneself airs
etc.
(assume)
885;
boast
etc.
884.
pride oneself on;
glory in,
take a pride in;
pique oneself,
plume oneself,
hug oneself;
stand upon,
be proud of;
put a good face on;
not hide one's light under a bushel,
not put one's talent in a napkin;
not think small beer of oneself
etc.
(vanity)
880.
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Dutch: bluffen, grootspreken, ophakken, opscheppen, opsnijden, patsen, pochen, snoeven
2 boast
Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner.
synonyms: feature, sport.
Moby thesaurus: aggrandize, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, blow, bluster, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bounce, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bully, catch, claim, cock-a-doodle-doo, command, conceit, crow, diamond, draw the longbow, ego-trip, enjoy, exalt, fanfaronade, fill, find, fish for compliments, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, gasconism, gem, glory, godsend, good thing, gush, have, have and hold, have in hand, have no self-doubt, have tenure of, heroics, hold, jactation, jactitation, jewel, know it all, mouth, occupy, parade, pearl, pique, plum, plume, possess, prate, preen, pride, pride and joy, prize, puff, quack, rodomontade, ruffle, show off, side, speak for Buncombe, squat, squat on, swagger, swash, swashbuckle, talk big, treasure, triumph, trophy, trouvaille, usucapt, vanity, vapor, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, windfall, winner ... show more.
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