nnoun.communicationan instance of boastful talkSynset:brag crow crowing gasconade line-shooting vaporing
Examples:- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
Derivationally Related Form:crowbraggasconadebraggy
Hypernyms:boast boasting jactitation self-praise
Inherited Hypernyms:bragboastspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationshow offSynset:blow bluster boast brag gas gasconade shoot a line swash tout vaunt
Derivationally Related Form:vaunterboasterblustererbraggartblusterbraggervauntbragboastgasconade
Hypernyms:amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
Inherited Hypernyms:boastoverstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:crowgloatpufftriumph
Full Troponyms:gloatpreenpuff
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s PP
adj satadj.allexhibiting self-importanceSynset:big boastful braggart braggy cock-a-hoop crowing self-aggrandising self-aggrandizing
Antonyms:humble
Derivationally Related Form:boastfulnessbrag
Inherited Hypernyms:boastful
Similar to:proud