boast
boast is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
- intransitive verb. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- transitive verb. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- transitive verb. To display vaingloriously.
- transitive verb. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
- transitive verb. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- transitive verb. To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
- noun. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
- noun. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
- noun. speaking of yourself in superlatives
- verb. show off
- verb. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"she was sporting a new hat"
Synonyms
boasting, jactitation, blow, bluster, brag, gas, gasconade, swash, tout, vaunt, feature, sport
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in boast:
Common word forms
boasts, boasted, boaster, boastful, boasting, boastless
Words from these letters
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