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boastful

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊstfʊl/ / /ˈbəʊstf(ə)l/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English bostful, equivalent to boast + -ful.

  1. Tending to boast or brag.

    He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.

    It makes one's blood boil, yet heart tremble, to think that we Englishmen and our American descendants, with their boastful cry of liberty, have been and are so guilty