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Meaning of BOASTFUL

Pronunciation:  'bowstful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  exhibiting self-importance; "big talk"
 
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 Synonyms: big, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, proud, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Boast"ful\, a.
Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;
vainglorious; self-praising. -- {Boast"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Boast"ful*ness}, n.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: arrogant, boasting, braggart, bragging, cock-a-hoop, conceited, egotistical, exultant, fanfaron, fanfaronading, Gascon, gasconading, haughty, ostentatious, pretentious, proud, rodomontade, self-advertising, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, show-off, swelled-headed, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vaporing, vaunting
 

 

 

 

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