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   boast

   /bəʊst/

   verb

   • 1. talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities: "she boasted about her many conquests" Similar bragcrowswaggerswankgloatshow offblow one's own trumpetsing one's own praisescongratulate oneselfpat oneself on the backexaggerateoverstatepreen oneselfgive oneself airsinformal:talk bigblow hardlay it on thickshoot one's mouth offskitebig-note oneselfOpposite deprecatebelittle
   • 2. (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride): "the hotel boasts high standards of comfort" Similar possesshaveownenjoypride oneself/itself onbe the proud owner of

   noun

   • 1. an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: "I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast" Similar bragself-praiseexaggerationoverstatementbraggingcrowingswaggeringinformal:swankswankingskiteliterary:fanfaronadearchaic:vauntrodomontadegasconade

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. boaster noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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