nnoun.communicationan instance of boastful talkSynset:brag bragging crow 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.communicationdwell on with satisfactionSynset:crow gloat triumph
Derivationally Related Form:crowcrowinggloatgloating
Hypernyms:blow bluster boast brag gas gasconade shoot a line swash tout vaunt
Inherited Hypernyms:gloatboastoverstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:congratulatepreen
Full Troponyms:preen
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- over the results of the experiment (apply to: crow, gloat) | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: gloat, triumph)
vverb.communicationexpress pleasure verballyDerivationally Related Form:crowing
Hypernyms:emit let loose let out utter
Inherited Hypernyms:crowutter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationutter shrill soundsExamples:- The cocks crowed all morning
Derivationally Related Form:crow
Hypernyms:emit let loose let out utter
Inherited Hypernyms:crowutter
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.allexhibiting self-importanceSynset:big boastful braggart bragging braggy cock-a-hoop self-aggrandising self-aggrandizing
Antonyms:humble
Derivationally Related Form:boastfulnessbrag
Inherited Hypernyms:boastful
Similar to:proud