boastfuladjective
uk/ˈbəʊst.fəl/us/ˈboʊst-/disapprovingpraising yourself and what you have done
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Boasting
- bighead
- blow
- blow your own trumpet/horn idiom
- blowhard
- boast
- brag
- braggart
- crow
- swagger
boastfully
adverb usuk/-i/
boastfulness
noun [ U ] usuk/-nəs/
Examples from literature
- As he drank he grew boastful.
- He referred in this irreverent and boastful speech to his grandmother, the regent.
- Luck, misleading and alluring, favored Jack for a while, transforming him until he was radiant, boastful, exultant.
- The note referred in boastful language to the victorious German armies.
- When they come back they was boastful.