boastful
boast·ful
boastful · more boastful · most boastful
славний
гордый, хвастливый
stolz, prahlerisch
Tending to boast or bragTending to boast or brag.
/ˈbəʊstfʊl/
» He is boastful of his success.
Meaning
1 sensesTending to boast or brag.
He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.
prahlerisch, stolz
хвастли́выйxvastlívyj, го́рдыйgórdyj
More definitions
- exhibiting self-importance
Examples
11 sentencesHe is boastful of his success.
Igor was boastful about his fortune.
I'm always bored with his boastful talk.
I'm tired of hearing your boastful tales.
ruЯ устал слушать твоё хвастовство.
That man is too boastful for my liking.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
tending to boast or brag:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tending to boast or brag:
Origin
From Middle English bostful, equivalent to boast + -ful.From Middle English bostful, equivalent to boast + -ful.
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Forms
more boastful, most boastful| Comparative | more boastful Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most boastful Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
16 synonymsClose in meaning
- exhibiting self-importance:braggartbraggingbraggybigcock-a-hoopcrowingself-aggrandizingself-aggrandising
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form