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boastful
/ ˈbəʊstfʊl /
adjective
tending to boast; characterized by boasting
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Other Word Forms
- boastfully adverb
- boastfulness noun
- overboastful adjective
- overboastfully adverb
- overboastfulness noun
- unboastful adjective
- unboastfully adverb
- unboastfulness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
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But then the bravado behind those boastful campaign pledges lost steam this month.
From Los Angeles Times
But at times he sounds boastful, observing that “people trust me, I have never failed”, and insisting his work was “not a serious crime in Vietnam”.
From BBC
In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.
From Los Angeles Times
He is beyond boastful, talking ad nauseum about how he knows more than all the experts in their respective fields.
From Salon
The lyrics find the star in boisterous, boastful form - revelling in his successes in music, fashion and on the acclaimed TV show Top Boy.
From BBC
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What does boastful mean?
Boastful is used to describe someone who is known for boasting—bragging, especially in a way that exaggerates or shows excessive pride about the boaster’s skills, possessions, or accomplishments.Boastful is especially used to describe a person who boasts all the time. It can also be used to describe such claims, as in He made boastful claims about all of the awards he had won.Boastful people most often boast about themselves—their skills, their possessions, or the things that they have accomplished—but a person can also be boastful about someone else. A parent might be boastful about their child’s accomplishments, for example.Example: No one has ever actually seen him perform, but that doesn’t stop him from being boastful about how good he is.
Boastful is used to describe someone who is known for boasting—bragging, especially in a way that exaggerates or shows excessive pride about the boaster’s skills, possessions, or accomplishments.Boastful is especially used to describe a person who boasts all the time. It can also be used to describe such claims, as in He made boastful claims about all of the awards he had won.Boastful people most often boast about themselves—their skills, their possessions, or the things that they have accomplished—but a person can also be boastful about someone else. A parent might be boastful about their child’s accomplishments, for example.Example: No one has ever actually seen him perform, but that doesn’t stop him from being boastful about how good he is.
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