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Meanings of
boastful
in inglês
Exhibiting self-importance.
big
bragging
crowing
braggart
braggy
cock-a-hoop
self-aggrandizing
self-aggrandising
Related terms
proud
Sinônimos
Examples for "
big
"
big
bragging
crowing
braggart
braggy
Examples for "
big
"
1
We still have
big
water issues following the Havelock North water crisis.
2
No idea what half those
big
words mean but, yes, good point.
3
The paper sheds new light on a
big
issue for technology companies.
4
The
big
question now is: Can Quora really hope to answer everything?
5
New firms offering
'
big
data' solutions to bond traders continue to emerge.
1
He'd been
bragging
all week about how great his sonar gizmo was.
2
I am not
bragging
of it; I am only stating a fact.
3
She's been
bragging
to my other cousins all week that you're coming.
4
But it is an opportunity for the supporters to get
bragging
rights.
5
If I were in your place I'd go around
bragging
about it.
1
And, at one level at least, their
crowing
was easy to understand.
2
He laughed; a high, chuckling,
crowing
laugh; the laugh of triumphant optimism.
3
It was morning now; the cock was still
crowing
down at Sirilund.
4
From somewhere outside, she heard a
crowing
sound and looked up expectantly.
5
The animals were in the southeast corner, mooing and
crowing
and baying.
1
Women such as I am are not won in this
braggart
fashion.
2
He'd been such a shameless
braggart
that the crowd couldn't help cheering.
3
That man may have been a convict; but he is no
braggart
.
4
Something in his pose, half rustic, half
braggart
,
seemed familiar to Gaspard.
5
He tried hard to despise the
braggart
,
but ended with envying him.
1
He was a biggity acting and
braggy
talking old man.
2
My heart began to pound, beating against my chest, pummeling my ribs and getting all
braggy
about its muscle strength.
3
One day, will our children turn to us and ask, "Mommy and Daddy, why was all of your hip-hop performed by
braggy
robots?"
4
The second day out he was feelin' pretty
braggy
and uppish for a stowed-away conspirator that owed his existence to a mule and stolen bananas.
5
Granger was at
Braggy
's
late headquarters in bed.
1
To read their press, Conservatives should be
cock
-
a
-
hoop
at Labour's policy splurge.
2
Australia, newly-crowned Tri-Nations champions are
cock
-
a
-
hoop
after their bonus point win over Italy.
3
UK property website Zoopla, which is also contemplating a float, must be
cock
-
a
-
hoop
.
4
This week, they arrive buoyant and
cock
-
a
-
hoop
,
ready to take on the world.
5
Naturally, the artist was
cock
-
a
-
hoop
about the outcome and who can blame her?
1
He was not interested in
self
-
aggrandizing
or having his name in lights.
2
Is there some basic right which
self
-
aggrandizing
politicians seek to destroy first?
3
Typical
self
-
aggrandizing
hyperbole, but acknowledged to be a reasonable comparison nonetheless.
4
Many physicists loathe the term, fretting that it makes their discipline seem
self
-
aggrandizing
.
5
Harris was affable, charming and simultaneously self-deprecating and comically
self
-
aggrandizing
.
1
She's eager to avoid the cliches of sweaty torsos and
self
-
aggrandising
story-lines.
2
I'm all for a healthy dose of scepticism where
self
-
aggrandising
mercy missions are concerned.
3
Rock biographies are often worthy and
self
-
aggrandising
but this is brilliantly funny and self-deprecating.
4
How
self
-
aggrandising
is that? If he had a whip to hand, he'd be lashing himself.
5
There's nothing so unreliable as a criminal's
self
-
aggrandising
memoirs.
Usage of
boastful
in inglês
1
Jason Barnett and Michele Austin are equally good as the
boastful
neighbours.
2
How many times in your life have you heard this
boastful
remark:
3
I grow
boastful
;
I am an old man and should know better.
4
She was surprised to hear something almost
boastful
in her own tone.
5
And while he was there he heard the Giant speak
boastful
words.
6
His eyes fell upon the letter containing his
boastful
assurance of victory.
7
He said they were his in fact, but men were ever
boastful
.
8
False and
boastful
conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place.
9
This
boastful
phrase might have been prompted by the most profound Machiavellism.
10
This
boastful
phrase might have been prompted by the most profound Machiavelism.
11
The only time that British generals become
boastful
is over their dug-outs.
12
They were as
boastful
as Homeric heroes, and for the same reason.
13
They say, those
boastful
English, that it is the Refuge of many.
14
Then there was a great deal of laughter and much
boastful
dispute.
15
While the bartender burns incense, the square mouth grows scornful, laconic,
boastful
.
16
Thus for a long time he stayed, and was secure and
boastful
.
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About this term
boastful
Adjective
Frequent collocations
boastful words
almost boastful
so boastful
too boastful
appear boastful
More collocations
Boastful
through the time
Boastful
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common