boastful
/ˈbəʊstfʊl
/ /ˈbəʊstf(ə)l/adjective
Showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one’s achievements, possessions, or abilities: he always seemed to be rather boastful and above himself a boastful letter...
- As I've said before, I don't want to put up pictures, because it seems boastful and ostentatious.
- Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense.
- Plato describes him as a vain man being both arrogant and boastful, having a wide but superficial knowledge.
Synonyms
bragging, crowing, swaggering, braggart, overweening, overbearing, bumptious, puffed up, vaunting, blowhard, ostentatious, full of oneself;
cocky, conceited, proud, arrogant, vain, egotistical
informal swanking, swanky, big-mouthed, big-headed, swollen-headed
formal vainglorious
Derivatives
boastfully
/ adverb ...- ‘Well,’ I replied, boastfully, ‘you missed me wrestling a shark.’
- I boastfully mentioned how we've avoided illness so far this winter.
- I'm boastfully posting a picture showing my storage system AND my new perm.
boastfulness
/ noun ...- In love you have patience, kindness, the absence of jealousy, pride and boastfulness.
- It contrives to combine boastfulness, ignorance, insecurity and hostility in ample and self-reinforcing measures.
- They must choose between a brash boastfulness and a considered confidence that speaks to the convictions of people everywhere.