boastful
given to or characterized by boasting.
Origin of boastful
1Other words for boastful
Other words from boastful
- boast·ful·ly, adverb
- boast·ful·ness, noun
- o·ver·boast·ful, adjective
- o·ver·boast·ful·ly, adverb
- o·ver·boast·ful·ness, noun
- un·boast·ful, adjective
- un·boast·ful·ly, adverb
- un·boast·ful·ness, noun
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How to use boastful in a sentence
Turning to Micklin he said boastfully "I'll bet you a hundred dollars you ——s won't hold that meeting tomorrow!"
The Everett massacre | Walker C. Smith“I flatter myself I could, too,” said Dunn, but not boastfully.
The Vanishing of Betty Varian | Carolyn WellsYou just let me manage this, Rowena had declared boastfully.
Marjorie Dean, High School Junior | Pauline Lester"Well, when he saw that you were Dacotahs he was frightened," Little Raven said, boastfully.
The War Trail | Elmer Russell GregorSubsequently we learned that the raiders were Texans who boastfully declared that they asked no quarter and gave none.
Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops | Joshua M. Addeman
British Dictionary definitions for boastful
/ (ˈbəʊstfʊl) /
tending to boast; characterized by boasting
Derived forms of boastful
- boastfully, adverb
- boastfulness, noun
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