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Synonyms for boastful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bohst-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈboʊst fəl |
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Définition of boastful
Origin :- early 14c., from boast (n.) + -ful. Related: Boastfully; boastfulness.
- adj bragging
- He turned to the father, and spoke with an air of boastful good nature.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- “I am a night cabby, I am,” he whispered, with a sort of boastful exasperation.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- His boastful accents died away into a mumble: "Dunno what I should do."
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
- False and boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- "Unaided I walked here from the house," he informed her with a boastful air.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- I 'm well acquainted with his boastful habit: he's not so dangerous as he 'd have us to believe.'
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- This boastful phrase might have been prompted by the most profound Machiavellism.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- This boastful phrase might have been prompted by the most profound Machiavelism.
- Extract from : « The Point Of Honor » by Joseph Conrad
- Thus for a long time he stayed, and was secure and boastful.
- Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
- This flush of victory excited the redskins' vanity to a boastful frenzy.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
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