The meaning of Boastful

adjective

Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.

Usage examples:

He's arrogant and opinionated

adjective

Proud in an unpleasant way and behaving as if you are better or more important than other people

Usage examples:

I never met a more conceited and arrogant young man., i was disgusted by his arrogance., lapham arr…

noun

A boastful or pompous person.

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The segregationist blowhards who would dominate the politics of my state for a generation

noun

A person who likes to talk about how important they are

noun

A person who boasts about their achievements or possessions.

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Braggart men

noun

Someone who proudly talks a lot about himself or herself and his or her achievements or possessions

noun

Excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions.

Usage examples:

She interrupted their endless bragging

adjective

Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness.

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A competitive, bragging culture

verb

Say something in a boastful manner.

Usage examples:

He bragged that he was sure of victory

adjective

Irritatingly self-assertive.

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An impossibly bumptious and opinionated ass

adjective

Unpleasantly confident

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A bumptious young man

adjective

Conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way.

Usage examples:

We were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything

noun

Another term for cockatoo.

noun

A farmer, originally one with a small holding.

Usage examples:

All the cockies in this district wear baseball caps sponsored by chemical companies

adjective

Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

Usage examples:

Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him

adjective

Too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities

Usage examples:

Without wishing to sound conceited, i am the best salesperson in the company.

verb

(of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry.

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She was awakened in the mornings by cocks crowing

noun

A large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.

Usage examples:

He said the proliferation of corvids birds like grey crows, magpies and rooks could be directly lin…

noun

An old or ugly woman.

Usage examples:

To my two sons i am still just the old crow

adjective

Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centred.

Usage examples:

He's selfish, egotistical, and arrogant

adjective

Having an inflated idea of one's own importance

noun

The tendency to think only about yourself and consider yourself better and more important than other people

Usage examples:

My brother is such an egotist.

adjective

Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

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A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious

adjective

Intended to attract admiration or notice

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Ostentatious jewelry, ostentatious gestures, she waved her hand about, ostentatiously displaying he…

adjective

Unpleasantly overpowering.

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An overbearing, ill-tempered brute

verb

Overcome by emotional pressure or physical force.

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His will had not been overborne by another's influence

adjective

Too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant and not easy to like

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An overbearing father

adjective

Showing excessive confidence or pride.

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Overweening ambition

adjective

Being too proud or confident in yourself

Usage examples:

Overweening pride/arrogance/vanity, she is driven by overweening ambition.

adjective

Feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.

Usage examples:

A proud grandma of three boys

adjective

Feeling satisfaction and pleasure because of something that you have achieved, possess, or are a part of

Usage examples:

He’s very proud of his daughters., the company is proud of its environmental record., [ + to infini…

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

adjective

Having a very confident and arrogant or self-important manner.

Usage examples:

A swaggering bully

verb

Present participle of swagger

Usage examples:

They swaggered into the room., a group of young men swaggered around outside the bar., his swaggeri…

verb

Display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others.

Usage examples:

He was swanking about, playing the dashing young master spy

noun

Behaviour, talk, or display intended to impress others.

Usage examples:

A little money will buy you a good deal of swank

adjective

Stylishly luxurious and expensive.

Usage examples:

They were photographed coming out of some swank nightclub

adjective

Stylishly luxurious and expensive.

Usage examples:

Directors with swanky company cars

adjective

Expensive and fashionable, and therefore admirable or desirable

Usage examples:

A swanky new restaurant

adjective

Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.

Usage examples:

Their flattery made him vain

adjective

Unsuccessful or useless; failing to achieve a purpose

Usage examples:

A vain attempt to avoid responsibility, employers clearly hoped that the workers would stay longer,…

adjective

Of a boastful nature.

Usage examples:

She expresses vaunting literary ambition

verb

Boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.

Usage examples:

He was initially vaunted by the west for his leadership of the country

verb

To speak proudly about or praise something, especially in a way that is more than acceptable or reasonable

Usage examples:

The local people like to vaunt the glories of their faded past.