Meaning of BOASTING
Pronunciation: | | b'owsting
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] speaking of yourself in superlatives |
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| Synonyms: | | boast, jactitation, self-praise |
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| See Also: | | bluster, brag, braggadocio, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, rhodomontade, rodomontade, self-assertion, speech act, vaporing, vaunt | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Boast"ing\, n.
The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking;
ostentatious display.
When boasting ends, then dignity begins. --Young.
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