"boastful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbəʊstfʊl/, /ˈbəʊstf(ə)l/ Audio: en-us-boastful.ogg Forms: more boastful [comparative], most boastful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English bostful, equivalent to boast + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bostful}} Middle English bostful, {{suffix|en|boast|ful|pos=adjective}} boast + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} boastful (comparative more boastful, superlative most boastful)
  1. Tending to boast or brag. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: boastfull [archaic], boastful, bragging, crowing, gasconade, spread-eagle [US, humorous], swaggering, thrasonic, thrasonical, vaunting Hypernyms: arrogant, proud, triumphant, vain Derived forms: boastfully, boastfulness, overboastful, unboastful Related terms: cocky, proud, bravado, braggart, verbose Translations (tending to boast or brag): lovğa (Azerbaijani), самохвален (samohvalen) (Bulgarian), vanagloriós (Catalan), 自誇的 (Chinese Mandarin), 自夸的 (zìkuā de) (Chinese Mandarin), leuhka (Finnish), öykkärimäinen (Finnish), vantard (French), fanfaron (French), borreante (Galician), fachendoso (Galician), prahlerisch (German), stolz (english: proud) (German), dicsekvő (Hungarian), hencegő (Hungarian), kérkedő (Hungarian), mórfhoclach (Irish), mórtasach (Irish), 自慢する (jiman suru) (alt: じまんする) (Japanese), 自慢に満ちた (jiman ni michita) (alt: じまんにみちた) (Japanese), iactans (Latin), lielīgs (Latvian), фалба́џиски (falbádžiski) (Macedonian), pākiwaha (Maori), бардам (bardam) (Mongolian), grootfrätich (Plautdietsch), puchsch (Plautdietsch), orgulhoso (Portuguese), хвастли́вый (xvastlívyj) (Russian), го́рдый (górdyj) (english: proud) (Russian), bragail (Scottish Gaelic), хвалисав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), самохвалисав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), hvalisav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), samohvalisav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), jactancioso (Spanish), fachendoso [colloquial] (Spanish), echón [Latin-America] (Spanish), jechón [Puerto-Rico] (Spanish), comemierda [Puerto-Rico] (Spanish), fanfarrón (Spanish), skrytsam (Swedish), hambog (Tagalog), mahangin (Tagalog), pasikat (Tagalog), бардам (bardam) (Yakut)

Alternative forms

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          "word": "borreante"
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          "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
          "word": "mórfhoclach"
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          "alt": "じまんする",
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          "roman": "jiman suru",
          "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
          "word": "自慢する"
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          "alt": "じまんにみちた",
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          "roman": "jiman ni michita",
          "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
          "word": "自慢に満ちた"
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          "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
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          "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
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          "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
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      "word": "verbose"
    }
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        "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
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        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Yakut translations",
        "en:Personality"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "It makes one's blood boil, yet heart tremble, to think that we Englishmen and our American descendants, with their boastful cry of liberty, have been and are so guilty",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tending to boast or brag."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boast",
          "boast"
        ],
        [
          "brag",
          "brag"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊstfʊl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊstf(ə)l/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "boastfull"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "boastful"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "bragging"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "crowing"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "gasconade"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "spread-eagle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "swaggering"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "thrasonic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "thrasonical"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:boastful",
      "word": "vaunting"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "lovğa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samohvalen",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "самохвален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "vanagloriós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "自誇的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìkuā de",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "自夸的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "leuhka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "öykkärimäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "vantard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "fanfaron"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "borreante"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "fachendoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "prahlerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "proud",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "stolz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "dicsekvő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "hencegő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "kérkedő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "mórfhoclach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "mórtasach"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じまんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jiman suru",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "自慢する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じまんにみちた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jiman ni michita",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "自慢に満ちた"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "iactans"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "lielīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "falbádžiski",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "фалба́џиски"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "pākiwaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bardam",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "бардам"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "grootfrätich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "puchsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "orgulhoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xvastlívyj",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "хвастли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "proud",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "górdyj",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "го́рдый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "bragail"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хвалисав"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "самохвалисав"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "hvalisav"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "samohvalisav"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "jactancioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "fachendoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "echón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico"
      ],
      "word": "jechón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico"
      ],
      "word": "comemierda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "fanfarrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "skrytsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "hambog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "mahangin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "pasikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "bardam",
      "sense": "tending to boast or brag",
      "word": "бардам"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boastful"
}

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