(a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Abaaoud, the man thought to be a key planner for the group behind the Paris attacks, boasted to a niece that he had brought around 90 militants back to Europe with him.
(2) If that's something to boast about, then living off inherited wealth must be something to be ashamed of.
(3) Grillo boasted it had achieved its prominence in the space of little more than three years, "with no money and no [state] funding."
(4) We fought back and we won,” she said, boasting that the CFPB had already recouped $4bn for ordinary people from major financial institutions.
(5) He boasts that his time as America's ambassador to China shows more experience in vital foreign policy than any other candidate.
(6) Compare her with Megan Draper, who is in a minidress too, but one that is several inches shorter and boasts the swirling lava-lamp prints that may have been seen in Vogue at the time.
(7) 'No social housing' boasts luxury London flat advert for foreign investors Read more Only by rebalancing housing provision can we avoid another bursting property bubble.
(8) You get like three days where you have to show up?” But the younger rival managed to turn difficult questions into an opportunity to boast of his humble background and promise of change.
(9) For real will-this-do illustrating, look no further than conjoined twins Tip and Tap , although they admittedly boast a certain erstaz charm not seen post- Pique (the much-maligned Goleo VI and Pille the Erudite Ball apart).
(10) Among the secret papers about their abduction that were discovered during the Libyan revolution was a signed letter from the then head of counter-terrorism at MI6, Mark Allen , in which he boasted of his agency's role in one of the operations.
(11) A friend heard the butcher boast five shillings that he would be let off again by the tribunal, for the sixth time.
(12) The museum is also planning a "new major exhibition" in Manchester and boasts of leading a global network of more than 1,600 cultural and educational organisations for the commemorations, due to run until 2018.
(13) So it’s comforting to note that Spectre seems to be offering a significant upgrade: the trailer shows Q introducing Bond to his new ultra-speedy Aston Martin DB10, and promising it boasts a “few tricks”.
(14) He will not be easily replaced, but Ogletree is the top inside linebacker in this year's draft, boasting greater range and athleticism than the more talked-about Manti Te'o.
(15) This term, the nursery school boasts eight nationalities.
(16) The rightwing extremist who confessed to the mass killings in Norway boasted in court on Monday that there were two more cells from his terror network still at large, prompting an international investigation for collaborators.
(17) The men and women between them can now boast four medals at this Games, surpassing their targets (they had hoped for one or two), not to mention the British women's best placing in 84 years in the team final.
(18) But her departure is also likely to mark the end of a period when the last cabinet secretary, Gus (now Lord) O'Donnell, could make his favourite boast that under his watch half the people in charge of government departments were women.
(19) Speaking in Queensland earlier this month , Abbott boasted that “any other government, I suspect, would quickly succumb to the cries of the human rights lawyers”.
(20) And the presence of actively engaged men was another sign of what seems to have been new and transformative this year – which is key, because changing the world for women means changing what is acceptable and admirable among men, where misogynist behaviour has long been, in some circles, something to boast about.
Loudmouth
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) This, or so the knowing forecast went, would be the end of a half-diverting saga of an appealing loudmouth.
(2) Donald Trump is a loudmouth who has never spent a day in public office.
(3) Their paths to showbiz acclaim have been intricately linked, from their on-screen depiction of the loudmouthed rapping brother-sister duo Smithy and Rudi in Gavin and Stacey to their subsequent two-year relationship off-screen.
(4) It is this poverty-drenched environment in which Hussain met James Cromitie, a loudmouth Walmart worker who claimed to deal drugs and stolen goods.
(5) The rapper was replying to those who have criticised his dress sense – hip-hop loudmouths who have tried to "label" him as gay, including a recent homophobic diss by 50 Cent.
(6) Comedian and musician Tim Minchin will star in his first sitcom as a loudmouth cocktail pianist in 88 Keys for the BBC.
(7) The EU’s failure to craft a coherent response to the crisis of mass movement from Africa and the Middle East is tailor-made for Ukip loudmouths.
(8) They regard Malema as a clown, a loudmouth and a bully.
(9) I am the greatest" - Ali shouting at reporters who had dismissed him as a loudmouth and a fake before the Liston fight in 1964.
(10) In order to escape jail, Monsegur, a notorious loudmouth elite hacker who was considered a ringleader of the groups, had been covertly cooperating with the FBI to help build cases against, and track down, his former partners.
(11) Nor is my daughter, and I hope she never will be, because luckily we are all loudmouths.
(12) He was one of those loudmouthed New Yorkers with a big cigar.
(13) How do we fight the loudmouth politics of authoritarian populism?
(14) A skilled politician even then, this tall, long-haired 16-year-old – with a penchant for jeans and tweed sports jackets – managed, while attending to his official duties, to humour an argumentative cadre of awkward first-year student loudmouths whose pimpled number included me.
(15) He subsequently said he regretted his comments, saying: “People think I'm just a loudmouth, angry guy … there's more to me than that rant.” Speaking about his own experience, he said: “You've got a lot of racial backlash, and a lot of racist comments that were uncalled for – I can never see a time where racism is called for.
(16) The sensationally funny and daring cameo for Marshall McLuhan, who magically appears in a cinema queue to tell some loudmouth academic that he is wrong and Alvy is right, is an inspired and sophisticated flourish.
(17) Over at the SNY TV Network, which is partially owned by the crosstown Mets, there was a diatribe from from Chris Carlin, who co-hosts a show called Loudmouths .
(18) Once, at a showbiz party, I remember someone said, "And this is such-and-such from the Sun," and I swung round, almost with a clenched fist, expecting to meet a physical embodiment of the tabloid, a loudmouth yob with a penchant for puns.