Antonyms for boast
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bohst |
| Phonetic Transcription : boÊŠst |
Definition of boast
Origin :- mid-13c., "arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity;" c.1300, "a brag, boastful speech," from Anglo-French bost "ostentation," probably via Scandinavian (cf. Norwegian baus "proud, bold, daring"), from Proto-Germanic *bausia "to blow up, puff up, swell" (cf. Middle High German bus "swelling," dialectal German baustern "to swell;" Middle Dutch bose, Dutch boos "evil, wicked, angry," Old High German bosi "worthless, slanderous," German böse "evil, bad, angry"), from PIE *bhou-, variant of root *beu-, *bheu- "to grow, swell" (see bull (n.2)).
- The notion apparently is of being "puffed up" with pride; cf. Old English belgan "to become angry, offend, provoke," belg "anger, arrogance," from the same root as bellows and belly (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting. An Old English word for "boasting" was micelsprecende, "big talk."
- noun brag; source of pride
- verb brag
- verb to have advantage
- You have acknowledged, that he has nothing to boast of from them.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The man, this Solmes, you may suppose, has no reason to boast of his progress with me.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- We wasn't none of us much to boast of; but Dick, he went too fur.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Instead, she was inclined to boast over her ability to bamboozle men at her will.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He should never have had to boast of the slaughter of our men.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- "And yet you boast of your general—your leader," said the other boy.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- Law of a people who boast of mercy and truth and equal rights and justice to all.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- He used to boast that he had a lawsuit for every letter in the alphabet.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- No other class can boast of such social, moral and material ascendency.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- They are a pair of excellent girls, Heyward, and such as any one may boast of.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for boast
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- avowal
- be proud of
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bombast
- braggadocio
- bravado
- bully
- claim
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- exhibit
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandiloquence
- grandstand
- have in keeping
- heroics
- hug oneself
- jive
- joy
- lay on thick
- own
- possess
- prate
- preen
- pretension
- pride
- pride and joy
- pride oneself on
- psych
- puff
- self-satisfaction
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- swank
- talk big
- treasure
- triumph
- vapor
- vaunt
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