boastful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbəʊstfʊl/
- /ˈbəʊstf(ə)l/
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Etymology
From Middle English bostful, equivalent to boast + -ful.
Meanings
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Tending to boast or brag.
It makes one's blood boil, yet heart tremble, to think that we Englishmen and our American descendants, with their boastful cry of liberty, have been and are so guilty
1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more boastful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most boastful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| boastfull | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Antonyms
silent · quiet · humble · modest · shy
Deriveds
boastfulness · unboastful · overboastful · boastfully
Hypernyms
vain · triumphant · arrogant · proud
Relateds
cocky · proud · braggart · verbose · bravado
Synonyms
thrasonic · spread-eagle · boastful · crowing · thrasonical · gasconade · bragging · vaunting · swaggering · glorious
Translations (49)
gl borreante (tending to boast or brag) · hu hencegő (tending to boast or brag) · tl hambog (tending to boast or brag) · es echón (tending to boast or brag) · es comemierda (tending to boast or brag) · gd bragail (tending to boast or brag) · es fanfarrón (tending to boast or brag) · sh samohvalisav (tending to boast or brag) · ca fanfarró (tending to boast or brag) · sh самохвалисав (tending to boast or brag) · ca vanagloriós (tending to boast or brag) · sv skrytsam (tending to boast or brag) · pam mapañgaia (tending to boast or brag) · gl fachendoso (tending to boast or brag) · es jechón (tending to boast or brag) · pdt grootfrätich (tending to boast or brag) · la iactans (tending to boast or brag) · lv lielīgs (tending to boast or brag) · es fachendoso presuntuoso (tending to boast or brag) · mk фалба́џиски (tending to boast or brag) · fr fanfaron (tending to boast or brag) · tr övüngen (tending to boast or brag) · sh hvalisav (tending to boast or brag) · tl mahangin (tending to boast or brag) · de prahlerisch (tending to boast or brag) · ga mórtasach (tending to boast or brag) · sah бардам (tending to boast or brag) · ja 自慢する (tending to boast or brag) · pt orgulhoso (tending to boast or brag) · es jactancioso (tending to boast or brag) · ja 自慢に満ちた (tending to boast or brag) · de stolz (tending to boast or brag) · ru хвастли́вый (tending to boast or brag) · hu dicsekvő (tending to boast or brag) · sh хвалисав (tending to boast or brag) · hu kérkedő (tending to boast or brag) · pdt puchsch (tending to boast or brag) · mn бардам (tending to boast or brag) · ru го́рдый (tending to boast or brag) · fi öykkärimäinen (tending to boast or brag) · az lovğa (tending to boast or brag) · fr vantard (tending to boast or brag) · fi leuhka (tending to boast or brag) · tl pasikat (tending to boast or brag) · bg самохвален (tending to boast or brag) · pam mapangaya (tending to boast or brag) · mi pākiwaha (tending to boast or brag) · ga mórfhoclach (tending to boast or brag) · cmn 自誇的 /自夸的 (tending to boast or brag)