Word: boast

Category: boast

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Related words: boast

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Synonyms: boast

brag, self-praise, exaggeration, overstatement, grandiloquence, fanfaronade, pride, joy, wonder, delight, treasure, gem, boasting, jactitation

Translations: boast

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spanish
Translations:
vanagloriarse, jactarse, jactancia, alarde, jactan, se jactan
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german
Translations:
selbstlob, eigenlob, prahlerei, prahlen, Prahlerei, Stolz, rühmen, Ruhm
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french
Translations:
vanter, fanfaron, vantons, vantez, fanfaronner, vantent, se vanter, se vantent, orgueil
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italian
Translations:
vantarsi, vanteria, vanto, vantano, vantare
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portuguese
Translations:
ostentação, vanglória, jactância
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dutch
Translations:
grootspraak, opscheppen, pochen, bogen op, bogen
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russian
Translations:
прихвастнуть, расхвастаться, хвастать, отмечаться, фанфаронить, куражиться, бахвалиться, бахвальство, кичиться, похвастать, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
skryte, rose, roser, skryt, skryte av
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swedish
Translations:
skryt, skryta, skryter, skryta med, berömma
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finnish
Translations:
ylpeillä, kerskua, kerskailla, kerskailu, kehuskelu
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danish
Translations:
prale, praler, prale af, rose, praleri
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czech
Translations:
vychloubání, honosit, chlouba, chvástání, pýcha
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polish
Translations:
pochwalić, chełpić, chwalić, samochwalstwo, pochwalać, łgać, przechwałki, chwalenie się, szczycić się, chlubić się, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
dicsekszik, dicsekvés, büszkélkedhet, dicsekedni, dicsekedhet
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turkish
Translations:
övünme, iftihar, övünç, övünç kaynağı, övünmek
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greek
Translations:
καύχημα, επαίρεται, καυχώνται, καυχηθεί, επαίρεται για
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ukrainian
Translations:
хвастощі, вихваляння, хизування, хвастовство, хвалиться
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albanian
Translations:
mburrje, mburremi, krenohem, mburren, të mburremi
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bulgarian
Translations:
самохвалство, се хвалят, хвалба, нещо представляващо гордост, гордея се
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belarusian
Translations:
хвальба, самахвальства, заўжды, выхваляньне
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estonian
Translations:
praalima, kiidelda, kiidelgu, uhkeldavad, hooplemises
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croatian
Translations:
hvaliti se, pohvaliti, hvaliti, hvali, hvale
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icelandic
Translations:
hrósa, mont
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latin
Translations:
glorior
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lithuanian
Translations:
pasigirti, giriasi, pasigyrimas, didžiuotis
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latvian
Translations:
lielīties, lepoties, var lepoties
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macedonian
Translations:
се фалат, фалат, се фали, пофалбо, фали
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romanian
Translations:
lăuda, se laude, se laudă, mândrie, lăudăroșenie
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slovenian
Translations:
pohvali, jadrnic, ponašajo, jadrnic v, jadrnic v posameznem
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slovak
Translations:
vychvaľovanie, chválenie, vychloubání, vychvaľovanie sa, pýši

The meaning and "use of": boast

noun
  • an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction. - I said I would score, and it wasn't an idle boast
  • (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the sidewalls before hitting the front wall. - His favourite ploy was a backhand boast pulling Beachill to the front right corner and whatever Beachill did with that tight ball, Parke was ready.
verb
  • talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. - Ted used to boast, “I manage ten people”
  • (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride). - the hotel boasts high standards of comfort

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