Boast(n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
Boast(n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
Boast(v. i.) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
Boast(v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
Boast(v. t.) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
Boast(v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
Boast(v. t.) To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
Boast(v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
Boast(v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Boasted(imp. & p. p.) of Boast
Boastful(a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.
Boasting(n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
Boasting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boast
Boastingly(adv.) Boastfully; with boasting.
Words within boastingly