Boast definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOAST, v.i. [Gr. to inflate; L. fastus.] 1. To brag ... laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things. I boast of you to them of Macedonia. St. Paul. 2. Cor ... self. With your mouth you have boasted against me. Ezek. BOAST, v.t. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of ... exultation, with a view to self-commendation. Lest men should boast their specious deeds. 1. Magnify or exalt. They boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. Psalms 49. ...
To boast one's self definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Boast Boast, v. t. 1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak ... view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. --Milton. 2. To display vaingloriously. 3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, ...
... i. [L. vanus. This ought to be written vant.] To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth ... and overvalue what he is. V'AUNT, v.t. To boast of; to make a vain display of. My vanquisher, spoil ... Charity vaunteth not itself. 1 Corinthians 13. V'AUNT, n. Boast; a vain display of what one is or has, or ... n 1: extravagant self-praise v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt ... and often boastfully < people who vaunt their ingenuity > Synonyms: see boast • vaunter noun • vauntingly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century 1 ... statement Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. literary --v. 1 intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully. --n. a ...
... s 1828 Dictionary BRAG, v.i. [Eng. to brag.] To boast; to display one's actions, merits or advantages ostentatiously; to ... not to be used in elegant composition. BRAG, n. A boast, or boasting; ostentatious verbal display of one's deeds, or ... crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade] v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt ... about his success > transitive verb to assert boastfully Synonyms: see boast • bragger noun • braggy adjective III. adjective (bragger; braggest) Date: 1836 ... n. --v. (bragged, bragging) 1 intr. talk boastfully. 2 tr. boast about. --n. 1 a card-game like poker. 2 a ... unkn. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Brag Brag, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Brag Brag, ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Boast Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n ... Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.] 1 ... or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace ...
... which honors or makes renowned; that of which one may boast. Babylon, the glory of kingdoms. Isaiah 13. 11. Pride; boastfulness ... his holy name. Psalms 105. 1 Chronicles 16. 1. To boast; to be proud of. No one should glory in his ... which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no ... Glory ye in his holy name. --Ps. cv.? 2. To boast; to be proud. God forbid that I should glory, save ... signification of the word "glory" is, to make one's boast in or of anything, usually of the pious glorying in ... where the original Hebrew has hith-kabbedh, or "to exult," "boast over," as in Judith 9:7, where it represents ...
Gasconade definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GAS'CONADE, n. A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging. GASCONA'DE, v.i. To boast; to brag; to vaunt; to bluster. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade] v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt ... Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French gasconnade, from gasconner to boast, from gascon Gascon, boaster Date: 1709 bravado, boasting • gasconade intransitive ... Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.] A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. --Swift ... imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.] To boast; to brag; to bluster. Soule's Dictionary of English ...
Boasted definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Boast Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n ... Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.] 1 ... or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace are ... not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. --Eph. ii. 8, 9. 2. To speak in exulting ...
... sound; as, the clouds crack; the whip cracks. 4. To boast; to brag; that is, to utter vain, pompous, blustering words ... 4. Craziness of intellect; or a crazy person. 5. A boast, or boaster. [Low.] 6. Breach of chastity; and a prostitute ... pr. & vb. n. Cracking.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G ... Shak. 4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. [Archaic.] Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack. --Shak ... me as a crack and a projector. --Addison. 7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] ``Crack and brags.'' --Burton. ``Vainglorius cracks.'' --Spenser. 8 ... open in chinks. 2. [With of.] Brag, bluster, vapor, vaunt, boast, gasconade, crow. IV. a. ( Colloq. ) Excellent, capital, tiptop, first- ...
... or turkey); also squeal II. verb Etymology: Middle English, to boast, cry out, from Old English gielpan to boast, exult; akin to Old High German gelph outcry Date: 1553 ... utter a yelp. Derivatives: yelper n. Etymology: OE gielp(an) boast (imit.): cf. YAWP Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yelp Yelp, n ... p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.] [OE. yelpen, [yogh]elpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant ... Icel. gj[=a]lpa to yelp. Cf. Yap.] 1. To boast. [Obs.] I keep [care] not of armes for to ...
... p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise ... root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. ?95.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining ... to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's ... of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. Moby Thesaurus Gascon, bluster, boast, boastful, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggart, braggartism, bravado, ...
... Dictionary SWAG'GER, v.i. To bluster; to bully; to boast or brag noisily; to be tumultuously proud. What a pleasure ... to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence 2. boast, brag transitive verb to force by argument or threat ; bully ... A man who swaggers about London clubs. --Beaconsfield. 2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to ... Synonyms I. v. n. Bluster, bully, vapor, brag, be insolent, boast. II. n. Bluster, boastful manner, boastfulness. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To bully, brag, or boast, also to strut. Moby Thesaurus amble, arrogance, barge, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bounce, bowl along, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, ...
... p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise ... root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. ?95.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining ... to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's ... of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big.