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Meanings of boast in English

Portuguese
ostentamento
Catalan
autobombo

Speaking of yourself in superlatives.

        ostentamento
        Portuguese
        vangloriar-se
        Catalan
        gallejar
        Spanish
        alardear

        To show off.

            vangloriar-se
            Synonyms
            Examples for "boasting"
            Examples for "boasting"
            1
            Other topics best avoided include boasting about the kids, politics and religion.
            Independent.ie
            2
            Young forward Jonathan Freeman kicked four, with the Lions boasting 11 goalkickers.
            The Guardian
            3
            Then they spent the remainder of the year boasting of the achievement.
            The Story of a Pioneer
            4
            The creature was boasting, but Sharn-igon could believe the story easily enough.
            Jem
            5
            Despite boasting one of the best scoring margins in the nation, No.
            Reuters
            1
            It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the reproach of falsehood.'
            Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
            2
            Could we go along forever living on the flubdub of self-praise?
            Under the Skylights
            3
            Scipio was in personal danger, and this took away what is odious in self-praise.
            Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
            4
            It is said that vain self-praise stinks in the nostrils.
            The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
            5
            The boys could not repress a smile at Chunky's self-praise.
            The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Lost C...
            1
            Great restlessness and jactitation set in with the renewal of the circulation in the extremities.
            Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
            Portuguese
            constar
            Catalan
            gallejar

            Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner.

                  constar
                  Usage of boast in English
                  1
                  Salt-N-Pepa boast a friendship and working relationship that has spanned 30 years.
                  Ebony
                  2
                  But it was a good performance. He allowed himself this small boast.
                  Strange Sweet Song
                  3
                  Maria Theresa could hardly allow such a boast to pass without comment.
                  Wired
                  4
                  It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
                  Pride and Prejudice
                  5
                  That boast was at the very heart of their Project Fear campaign.
                  The Guardian
                  6
                  It sounds more like a simple statement of fact than a boast.
                  BBC
                  7
                  Few of the billets or tents in France boast of a stove.
                  Soldier Silhouettes on Our Front
                  8
                  The bedroom suites come fully furnished and boast period charm in abundance.
                  News.com.au
                  9
                  Both teams boast comparable assets and labour and both have similar misgivings.
                  The Irish Times
                  10
                  Governments have been able to boast that we can have it all.
                  The Irish Times
                  11
                  They also boast of the legislation that's in place to protect women.
                  The South African
                  12
                  Well said the wise king: Let no one boast of the morrow.
                  The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
                  13
                  It's a proud national boast that the Irish are a musical people.
                  The Irish Times
                  14
                  Nor am I going to boast; for I have made no conquests.
                  The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
                  15
                  They boast that in a fight one Gaul is worth ten Italians.
                  Julian
                  16
                  Meanwhile, the pastor can also boast a fleet of four private planes.
                  The South African
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                  Boast through the time
                  Boast across language varieties
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