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The making of boasts.
It get boring listening to his boasting about his daughter.
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Boasting — Boast ing, n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. [1913 Webster] When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boasting — index bombast, orgulous, overstatement, pretentious (pompous), rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery … English dictionary for students
Boasting — Boast redirects here. For the English curator, see Robin Boast. Bragger redirects here. For the English cricketer, see June Bragger. Ostentatious redirects here. For the Jewish Australian comedian, see Austen Tayshus. Swaggering redirects here.… … Wikipedia
Boasting — Boast Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[ o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boasting — A long tradition of exegesis emphasized the difference between Judaism and the message of Paul: that whereas a Pharisee boasted of his success if he scrupulously obeyed every precept of the Law, and thus earned the salvation to which Jewishness… … Dictionary of the Bible
boasting — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bragging speech Nouns 1. boasting, boast, vaunt[ing], puff, fanfaronade, bluster, gasconade, braggadocio, bravado, swagger, exultation, jactation; gloating, exultation; buncombe (See absurdity); bounce… … English dictionary for students
boasting — n. act of speaking of oneself in superlatives; bravado; self praise; act of glorying; conceited and boastful speaking; pretentious display bəʊst n. act of bragging, something bragged about v. brag, exaggerate about oneself … English contemporary dictionary
boasting — Dressing or shaping the surface of a stone block with a broad chisel … Glossary of Art Terms
boasting — n. Vaunt, brag. See boast … New dictionary of synonyms
