boast
[verb]
Synonyms:
- brag, blow one's own trumpet, crow, strut, swagger, talk big (slang), vaunt
- possess, be proud of, congratulate oneself on, exhibit, flatter oneself, pride oneself on, show off
[noun]
Synonyms:
- brag, avowal

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Antonyms: depreciate
Contrasted words: belittle, decry, degrade, disparage, knock, minimize, run down
Related Idioms: blow one's horn, congratulate oneself, hug oneself, pat oneself on the back
Related Words: pique, plume, preen, pride, quack, gush, vapor, aggrandize, exalt, glory, triumph, bluster, bounce, bully, ruffle, swash, swashbuckle, swagger, flaunt, parade, show off

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English Thesaurus: boast, brag, blow your own trumpet, crow, gloat, ...

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I. boast¹ /bəʊst $ boʊst/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: bost 'boasting']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions:
‘I wouldn’t be afraid,’ she boasted.
boast that
Amy boasted that her son was a genius.
boast about
He’s boasting about how much money he has made.
boast of
The company is inclined to boast of its success.

2. [transitive not in progressive] if a place, object, or organization boasts something, it has something that is very good:
The city boasts two excellent museums.
The Society boasts 3,000 members worldwide.
—boaster noun [countable]

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II. boast² noun [countable]
something that you like telling people because you are proud of it:
It is the company’s proud boast that it can deal with all a customer’s needs in one phone call.
Philip’s boast is that he started out without any outside financial backing.
an empty/idle/vain boast (=a false statement that something is good or possible)
‘Making knowledge work’ is the university’s phrase, and it is no idle boast (=not a boast, but true).

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boast
noun
ADJ. proud | empty, idle, vain
VERB + BOAST make
PREP. ~ about a boast he made about his achievements
~ of her boast of having seen all the countries of Africa

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boast
verb
I. talk with too much pride
ADV. openly
PREP. about/of He openly boasted of his talents.

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boast
II. have sth good/impressive
ADV. proudly This is a region which proudly boasts its own distinct culture.

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boast to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you:
She’s always boasting about how good she is at languages.
brag to boast in a way that annoys other people. Brag is more informal than boast:
He was bragging about how many girlfriends he had had.
I don’t think they have anything to brag about.
The rebels have repeatedly bragged that their fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen, 226 of whom were killed last year.
blow your own trumpet British English, blow your own horn American English spoken to talk a lot about your achievements – used especially when you want to mention your achievements but do not want to sound as if you are boasting:
I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
crow to boast about something you have achieved, when other people have been less lucky or successful:
Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.
gloat to behave in a way that shows that you are proud of your own success and happy about someone else’s failure:
The Australians are still gloating over their victory over England.
The liberals are gloating and celebrating all over town.
I haven’t come to gloat! We all have to lose sometimes.
be full of yourself informal to show by your words and behaviour that you are very proud of your abilities and achievements - used when you dislike someone because of this:
‘He’s so full of himself,’ Constance complained. ‘He thinks he can get away with anything.’
After the game she was really full of herself.

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