Antonyms for boastful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bohst-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈboʊst fəl

Definition of boastful

Origin : early 14c., from boast (n.) + -ful. Related: Boastfully; boastfulness.

adj bragging

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for boastful

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