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boast - speaking of yourself in superlatives |
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boasting,
jactitation |
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speech act the use of language to perform some act
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brag,
bragging,
crow,
crowing,
gasconade,
line-shooting,
vaporing an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
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bluster,
braggadocio,
rhodomontade,
rodomontade a violent gusty wind
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vaunt extravagant self-praise
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self-assertion the act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner
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boast - show off |
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tout,
swash,
brag,
gas,
blow,
bluster,
vaunt,
gasconade |
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amplify,
exaggerate,
hyperbolise,
hyperbolize,
magnify,
overdraw,
overstate increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
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puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
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crow,
gloat,
triumph express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"
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