What does boasting mean?
Boasting means present participle and gerund of boast.
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/ˈboʊstɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of boast.
Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.
After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.
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Boasting means present participle and gerund of boast.
Common synonyms include boast, jactitation, self-praise.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.
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