Crossword clues for boastful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boastful \Boast"ful\, a. Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., from boast (n.) + -ful. Related: Boastfully; boastfulness.
Wiktionary
a. Tending to boast or brag.
WordNet
adj. exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]
Usage examples of "boastful".
When I got home, as I reflected on the character of this strange cardinal--a wit, haughty, vain, and boastful, I resolved to make him a fine present.
I feel quite boastful at having invented a costume which has drawn all eyes upon you, and yet has concealed your identity.
I replied, with a kind of boastful modesty, that it was a peculiar mark of the favour of the Holy Father, the Pope, who had freely made me a knight of the Order of St.
He was evidently proud of his unfaltering prowess and, when met with encouragement, waxed gleeful and openly suggestive on the subject of his abilities, especially when a young, winsome maid caught his eye and he gave himself over to his boastful tendencies.
She had made her way through a goodly number of officers, many of whom were more boastful than wise, considering the rank of her husband.
Furs unpacked, there stalked among the tents great sachems glorious in robes of painted buckskin garnished with wampum, Indian children stark naked, young braves flaunting and boastful, wearing headdresses with strings of eagle quills reaching to the ground, each quill signifying an enemy taken.
Rani still remembered his boastful pride, especially that he had been chosen over merchants who sold their goods in the marketplace.
I remembered it clearly then, Chubby in his talkative phase in the public bar of the Lord Nelson, boastful as one of the very few men who had been through the Gunfire Break.
Boastful of his own iniquity, swaggering in his wickedness, fatuous with self-love, he recounted his deeds with gusto and with particularity.
Schrutt upright against the glass, the ratel almost playful with his odd snarls - boastful in the center of the cage.
He was also very boastful and started to make with a very sneery litso at us all and a loud proud goloss.
Not in a boastful manner, suh, but with propah humility, let me say that I had the honor to breed and raise Sweet Alice, and that she bore my colors when she won the tenth renewal of our great classic.
This boastful act could not possibly escape telco and law enforcement attention.
Such boastful displays seemed typical of Aubage, as if he enjoyed affrighting his gentle lady, or were trying to impress Jathelle.
Hebrew Prophets, in his terrible denunciations of the heartless manslayer, and the shameless, boastful profligate.