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Webster 1913 Edition

Boastful

Boast′ful

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Adj.

Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.

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Boast′ful-ly

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adv.

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Boast′ful-ness

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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Boastful

BOASTFUL

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Adj.

Given to boasting; ostentatious of personal worth or actions.

Definition 2024

boastful

boastful

English

Alternative forms

boastfull (archaic)

Adjective

boastful ‎(comparative more boastful, superlative most boastful)

Tending to boast or brag.
He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.

Translations

tending to boast or brag

Bulgarian: самохвален (bg) ‎(samohvalen)
Catalan: vanagloriós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自誇的 (zh), 自夸的 (zh) ‎(zìkuā de)
French: vantard (fr)
German: prahlerisch, stolz (de) (proud)
Hungarian: dicsekvő (hu), hencegő (hu), kérkedő (hu)
Irish: mórfhoclach
Japanese: 自慢する (ja) ‎(じまんする, jiman suru), 自慢に満ちた (ja) ‎(じまんにみちた, jiman ni michita)
Latvian: lielīgs

Maori: pākiwaha
Mongolian: бардам (mn) ‎(bardam)
Portuguese: orgulhoso (pt) m
Russian: хвастли́вый (ru) ‎(xvastlívyj), го́рдый (ru) ‎(górdyj) (proud)
Scottish Gaelic: bragail
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хвалисав, самохвалисав

Roman: hvalisav (sh), samohvalisav
Spanish: jactancioso (es)
Swedish: skytsam
Yakut: бардам ‎(bardam)

Derived terms

boastfulness

See also

proud

Anagrams

boatfuls