Boast

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.

Compare boast with other words:

boast vs. boist

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boas vs. boast

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bast vs. boast

boast vs. toast

boast vs. puff

boast vs. brast

boast vs. roast

boast vs. coast

beast vs. boast

boast vs. boat

avowal vs. boast

bluster vs. boast

boast vs. swank

boast vs. crow

boast vs. show

boast vs. have

boast vs. boastless

boast vs. rodomontadist

boast vs. boastance

boast vs. jactancy

boast vs. vauntful

boast vs. ostentation

boast vs. pompous

announce vs. boast

boast vs. praise

boast vs. gloat

boast vs. encompass

boast vs. exaggerate

boast vs. fanfare

boast vs. bombast

boast vs. boost

boast vs. flaunt

blague vs. boast

boast vs. braving

boast vs. gassing

boast vs. boaster

boast vs. crake

boast vs. rodomontade

boast vs. pride

boast vs. work

boast vs. gasconade

boast vs. braggart

boast vs. swagger

boast vs. vaunt

boast vs. boastful

boast vs. possess

boast vs. drive

boast vs. brag

avauntour vs. boast

avaunt vs. boast

boast vs. vapour

boast vs. braggadocio

boast vs. glory

boast vs. crack

boast vs. tout

boast vs. vapor

boast vs. quack