Boastful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.
     Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;
     vainglorious; self-praising. -- {Boast"ful*ly}, adv. --
     {Boast"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  boastful
       adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {braggart(a)},
             {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing},
              {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "boastful":
     Gascon, arrogant, boasting, braggart, bragging, cock-a-hoop,
     conceited, egotistical, exultant, fanfaron, fanfaronading,
     gasconading, haughty, ostentatious, pretentious, proud,
     rodomontade, self-advertising, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding,
     self-flattering, self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting,
     show-off, swelled-headed, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain,
     vainglorious, vaporing, vaunting