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BOASTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speaking of yourself in superlatives
Synonyms:
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("boasting" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boasting"):
brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing (an instance of boastful talk)
bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade (vain and empty boasting)
vaunt (extravagant self-praise)
self-assertion (the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb boast
