boast
verb
[ bəʊst ]
• talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
• "she boasted about her many conquests"
Similar:
brag,
crow,
swagger,
swank,
gloat,
show off,
blow one's own trumpet,
sing one's own praises,
congratulate oneself,
pat oneself on the back,
exaggerate,
overstate,
preen oneself,
give oneself airs,
talk big,
blow hard,
lay it on thick,
shoot one's mouth off,
skite,
big-note oneself,
• (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride).
• "the hotel boasts high standards of comfort"
boast
noun
• an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.
• "I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast"
Similar:
brag,
self-praise,
exaggeration,
overstatement,
bragging,
crowing,
swaggering,
swank,
swanking,
skite,
fanfaronade,
vaunt,
rodomontade,
gasconade,
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin.
boast
noun
• (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall.
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from French bosse denoting a rounded projection in the wall of a court for real tennis.
