Found 3 items, similar to boast.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: boast
bangga, buaian, membanggakan, menyombongkan, sesumbar, sumbar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: boast
boast
n : speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn:
boasting,
self-praise,
jactitation]
v 1: show off [syn:
tout,
swash,
shoot a line,
brag,
gas,
blow,
bluster,
vaunt,
gasconade]
2: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;
“she was
sporting a new hat” [syn:
sport,
feature]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Boast
Boast
\Boast\, v. t.
1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with
pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to
self-commendation; to extol.
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Lest bad men should boast
Their specious deeds. --Milton.
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2. To display vaingloriously.
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3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence
in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the
thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic]
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow. --Prov. xxvii.
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Boast
\Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n.,
noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten,
Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W.
bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may
be from English.]
1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self
or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of
one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
boast. --Eph. ii. 8,
9.
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2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to
exult.
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In God we boast all the day long. --Ps. xliv. 8
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Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
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Boast
\Boast\, v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.]
1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
--Weale.
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2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer
work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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Boast
\Boast\, n.
1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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Reason and morals? and where live they most,
In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! --Byron.
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2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, --
sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
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The boast of historians. --Macaulay.
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