| VERB | communication | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off |
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| stative | boast, sport, feature | wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | |
| NOUN | communication | boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
| Sounds | bow'st | |
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| Rhymes | almost ... westernmost: 30 rhymes with owst... | |
| Meaning | speaking of yourself in superlatives. | |
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| Synonyms | boasting, self-praise, jactitation | |
| Narrower | brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade | An instance of boastful talk |
| braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade | vain and empty boasting | |
| self-assertion | The act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others | |
| vaunt | extravagant self-praise | |
| Broader | speech act | The use of language to perform some act |
| Spanish | autoadulación, autobombo, farde, jactancia | |
| Catalan | autoadulació, autobombo, jactància | |
| Verbs | boast | show off |
| Meaning | show off. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Synonyms | tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | |
| Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
| puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse | |
| Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se | |
| Nouns | boast | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
| boaster | a very boastful and talkative person | |
| Meaning | Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sport, feature | |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Spanish | alardear, constar, ostentar, preciarse | |
| Catalan | constar, gallejar, jactar-se, presumir, vanar-se | |
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