meaning of boast
1. To vaunt ones self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of ones self or of things belonging to ones self; as, to boast of ones exploits courage, descent, wealth.
2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
3. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
4. To display vaingloriously.
5. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
6. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
7. To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
8. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
9. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
10. speaking of yourself in superlatives
Related Words
boast | boastance | boasted | boaster | boastful | boastfully | boastfulness | boasting | boastingly | boastive | boastless |
