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  • 85boasting — 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 …

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  • 86boast — 1. verb 1) his mother had been boasting about him Syn: brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, show off; exaggerate, overstate; informal talk big, blow one s own horn, lay it on thick 2) the hotel boasts a fine restaurant Syn …

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  • 87boast — I [[t]boʊst[/t]] v. i. 1) to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself; brag 2) archaic to rejoice proudly; exult 3) to speak of with excessive pride or vanity 4) to be proud in the possession of: The town boasts two new… …

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  • 88recommendation — see self praise is no recommendation …

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  • 89blurb — ☆ blurb [blʉrb ] n. [coined ( c. 1907) by BURGESS (Frank) Gelett, for “self praise, to make a noise like a publisher”] an advertisement or announcement, as on a book jacket, esp. one that is highly laudatory vi. Informal to state in a blurb …

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  • 90gasconade — I noun an instance of boastful talk his brag is worse than his fight whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade • Syn: ↑brag, ↑bragging, ↑crow, ↑crowing, ↑vaporing, ↑ …

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