Crossword clues for boasting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boasting \Boast"ing\, n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
When boasting ends, then dignity begins.
--Young.
Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.]
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To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast.
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To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
In God we boast all the day long.
--Ps. xliv. 8Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
Wiktionary
n. The making of boasts. vb. (present participle of boast English)
WordNet
n. speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, self-praise, jactitation]
Wikipedia
Boasting is to speak with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one’s achievements, possessions, or abilities.
Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy.
Individuals construct an image of themselves, a personal identity, and present themselves in a manner that is consistent with that image. Theodore Millon theorized that in self-presentation, individuals seek to balance boasting against discrediting themselves with excessive self-promotion or being caught blatantly misrepresenting themselves. Studies show that people often have a limited ability to perceive how their efforts at self-presentation are actually impacting their acceptance and likeability by others.
Usage examples of "boasting".
Therefore, dear reader, I trust that, far from attaching to my history the character of impudent boasting, you will find in my Memoirs only the characteristic proper to a general confession, and that my narratory style will be the manner neither of a repenting sinner, nor of a man ashamed to acknowledge his frolics.
This gentleman has been boasting of having obtained from you everything a woman can grant to the most favoured lover.
There was among them a Provencal who amused everybody with his boasting and with the recital of the military exploits by which he pretended to have distinguished himself in the service of several countries, and principally in Spain.
Madame Zeroli had spoken enthusiastically about me, and had taken the jests of the two other ladies in good part, boasting that she could keep me at Aix as long as she remained there herself.
The cousin laughed openly at his vain boasting, and to avenge himself the rascal told her that he was better than she.
None was of any color worth boasting about, and the insignificant differences of hue served only as one more basis for their abhorring each other.
Ali skittered about like an excited hen, pointing at the colonel and boasting to other servants that he was her master.
This denial, however, aroused an indignant riposte from the president of the court, reminding Babeuf of his letter to the Directory boasting that he was the leader of the Conspiracy.
Gompers was chosen as its unpaid president, and by 1876 it was the largest local in the country, boasting 245 members.
Maryland Maryland is a fast-growing state boasting a dynamic economy based on giving speeding tickets to people attempting to drive through.
This dynamic state is a vacation paradise, boasting a population, an average annual rainfall, and historical significance.
FACTS AT A GLANCE Unit of Currency: The Grzbwczwcz Population: 30 million Light-Bulb-Changing Capability: 10 million Portugal Portugal is a small but, we are sure, proud nation located somewhere in Europe and boasting a history.
Christians, supposedly disciplined in the old virtues, boasting of their code of honor, courageous in the face of death on the battlefield, is astonishing, though perhaps it can be grasped if one remembers the course of German history, outlined in an earlier chapter, which made blind obedience to temporal rulers the highest virtue of Germanic man and put a premium on servility.
As he left Strasbourg he was heard boasting that no one would ever take him alive.
DO remember his boasting one day, at Netherfield, of the implacability of his resentments, of his having an unforgiving temper.