Boast

Quick meaning: Boast is a noun meaning A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

Meaning

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

More Meanings

1. Something that one brags about.
2. (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
3. (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
4. (transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
5. (squash) To play a boast shot.
6. (transitive) To possess (a special and desirable quality).
7. (obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

Example Sentences

In God we boast all the day long.

His family boasted a famous name.

Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds.

The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.

Word Forms

• boasts
• boasting
• boasted

Synonyms for boast

Depending on context, synonyms include brag, crow, vaunt, bluster, tout, swash.

Antonyms for boast

Common opposites include depreciate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brag, vaunt, jactitation, gasconade, bluster, self-praise.

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