Boasting

Boasting
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Boasting->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ boasting
boasting
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ boast
boast
vaunt
crake|
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ pretense
pretense
pretensions
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ puff
puff
puffery
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ flourish
flourish
fanfaronade
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ gasconade
gasconade
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ blague
blague
bluff
gas
???>*
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ highfalutin
highfalutin
highfaluting
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ hot air
hot air
spread-eagleism
=>(U.S.)
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ brag
brag
braggardism
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ bravado
bravado
bunkum
buncombe
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ jactitation
jactitation
jactancy
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ bounce
bounce
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ venditation|
venditation|
vaporing
rodomontade
bombast
fine talking
tall talk
magniloquence
teratology|
heroics
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ Chauvinism
Chauvinism
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ exaggeration
exaggeration
&c. 549
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ vanity
vanity
&c. 880
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ vox et praeterea nihil
vox et praeterea nihil
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ much cry and little wool
much cry and little wool
brutum fulmen
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ exultation
exultation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ gloriation|
gloriation|
glorification
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ flourish of trumpets
flourish of trumpets
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ triumph
triumph
&c. 883
GRP: \\ N \\ 4
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ boaster
boaster
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ braggart
braggart
braggadocio
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ Gascon
Gascon
fanfaron
pretender
soi-disant
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ blower
blower
=>(U.S.)
bluffer
Foxy Quiller
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ blusterer
blusterer
&c. 887
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ charlatan
charlatan
jack-pudding
trumpeter
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ puppy
puppy
&c.(fop) 854
PARAG:Boasting->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ boast
boast
make a boast of
brag
vaunt
Puff
show off
flourish
crake|
crack
trumpet
strut
swagger
vapor
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ blague
blague
blow
four-flush
???>*
bluff
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ exult
exult
crow
crow over
neigh
chuckle
triumph
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ throw up one's cap
throw up one's cap
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ talk big
talk big
se faire valoir
faire claquer son fouet
take merit to oneself
make a merit of
sing Io triumphe
holloa before one is out of the wood
PARAG:Boasting->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ boasting
boasting
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ magniloquent
magniloquent
flaming
Thrasonic
stilted
gasconading
braggart
boastful
pretentious
soi-disant
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ vainglorious
vainglorious
&c.(conceited) 880
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ highfalutin
highfalutin
highfaluting
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ spread-eagle
spread-eagle
=>(U.S.*)
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ elate
elate
elated
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ jubilant
jubilant
triumphant
exultant
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ in high feather
in high feather
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ flushed
flushed
flushed with victory
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ cock-a-hoop
cock-a-hoop
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ on stilts
on stilts
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ vaunted
vaunted
&c.->V.
PARAG:Boasting->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ vauntingly
vauntingly
&c.->Adj.

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  • boasting — noun The making of boasts. It get boring listening to his boasting about his daughter …   Wiktionary

  • boasting — A long tradition of exegesis emphasized the difference between Judaism and the message of Paul: that whereas a Pharisee boasted of his success if he scrupulously obeyed every precept of the Law, and thus earned the salvation to which Jewishness… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • boasting — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bragging speech Nouns 1. boasting, boast, vaunt[ing], puff, fanfaronade, bluster, gasconade, braggadocio, bravado, swagger, exultation, jactation; gloating, exultation; buncombe (See absurdity); bounce… …   English dictionary for students

  • boasting — n. act of speaking of oneself in superlatives; bravado; self praise; act of glorying; conceited and boastful speaking; pretentious display bəʊst n. act of bragging, something bragged about v. brag, exaggerate about oneself …   English contemporary dictionary

  • boasting —    Dressing or shaping the surface of a stone block with a broad chisel …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • boasting — n. Vaunt, brag. See boast …   New dictionary of synonyms

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