Boast
verb
To speak with excessive pride and satisfaction about your own or someone else's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
He's always boasting about his rock climbing skills.
Often appears as...
- boast about
- boast of
noun
A statement in which you express too much pride in yourself or in something you have, have done, or are connected to in some way.
His latest boast is that he can play chess blindfolded.
Often appears as...
- empty boast
- idle boast
verb
To own something impressive.
The school boasts modern facilities and well-qualified teachers.
Often appears as...
- boast something impressive
- city boasts
verb
To speak with excessive pride and satisfaction about your own or someone else's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
He's always boasting about his rock climbing skills.
Often appears as...
- boast about
- boast of
noun
A statement in which you express too much pride in yourself or in something you have, have done, or are connected to in some way.
His latest boast is that he can play chess blindfolded.
Often appears as...
- empty boast
- idle boast
verb
To own something impressive.
The school boasts modern facilities and well-qualified teachers.
Often appears as...
- boast something impressive
- city boasts
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Excessive Pride
Using 'boast' often implies too much pride, not just confidence.
He boasted about winning the contest, but it sounded arrogant.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impression
'Boast' may give a negative impression of the speaker to others.
When she boasted about her salary, her friends felt uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Humility
Avoid 'boast' if trying to appear humble or modest.
Even with his achievements, he chose not to boast.
Pro Tip 1/3Excessive Pride
Using 'boast' often implies too much pride, not just confidence.
He boasted about winning the contest, but it sounded arrogant.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impression
'Boast' may give a negative impression of the speaker to others.
When she boasted about her salary, her friends felt uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Humility
Avoid 'boast' if trying to appear humble or modest.
Even with his achievements, he chose not to boast.
Pro Tip 1/3Excessive Pride
Using 'boast' often implies too much pride, not just confidence.
He boasted about winning the contest, but it sounded arrogant.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impression
'Boast' may give a negative impression of the speaker to others.
When she boasted about her salary, her friends felt uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Humility
Avoid 'boast' if trying to appear humble or modest.
Even with his achievements, he chose not to boast.
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Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
He saw them. At a macro level, he thought, you know, we talk about democracy promotion, but we do it in a way sometimes that's an affront to people's dignity. We put people on humanitarian aid and we boast about it because we've spent three billion. It's incredibly important,
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"Everything happens for...
and it is nothing to boast about. It was just a gift. So I can't respond to the thousands of emails I get with my own five-step plan to divine health and magical floating feelings. I see that the world is jolted by events that are wonderful and terrible,
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Your body vs. implants -...
Our immune systems boast an impressive arsenal of tools to tackle, intercept, and destroy anything they believe shouldn’t be there. But the consequence of this constant surveillance is that our bodies treat helpful implants, like insulin pumps,
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Is math discovered or...
who had boasted that none of his work would ever be found useful in describing any phenomena in the real world, helped establish cryptography. Another piece of his purely theoretical work became known as the Hardy-Weinberg law in genetics,
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The science of milk -...
or ultra pasteurization, blasts the milk with considerably higher temperatures over just a few seconds. UHT milk boasts a much longer shelf life, up to twelve months unrefrigerated, compared to pasteurized milk's two weeks in the fridge.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
leopards in my time at Juma now of course that's not really counting the ones from cheetah planes and chitwa chitwa and and around us just purely seen on Juma so quite a few not very many places in the world can boast in
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Michael Green: What the...
And it shouldn't be a guide to all decision making. But we have ignored Kuznets' warning. We live in a world where GDP is the benchmark of success in a global economy. Our politicians boast when GDP goes up. Markets move
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Which animal has the...
The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently, while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight?
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Bears Brave Boiling...
hot springs could be fatal food is so plentiful that this area boasts one of the highest densities of brown bears anywhere in the world being out in the open like this does not
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Dusky Dolphins and Bull...
these waters may not support the diversity found in coral reefs but they boast a far greater volume of animals
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
He saw them. At a macro level, he thought, you know, we talk about democracy promotion, but we do it in a way sometimes that's an affront to people's dignity. We put people on humanitarian aid and we boast about it because we've spent three billion. It's incredibly important,
Video examples
"Everything happens for...
and it is nothing to boast about. It was just a gift. So I can't respond to the thousands of emails I get with my own five-step plan to divine health and magical floating feelings. I see that the world is jolted by events that are wonderful and terrible,
Video examples
Your body vs. implants -...
Our immune systems boast an impressive arsenal of tools to tackle, intercept, and destroy anything they believe shouldn’t be there. But the consequence of this constant surveillance is that our bodies treat helpful implants, like insulin pumps,
Video examples
Is math discovered or...
who had boasted that none of his work would ever be found useful in describing any phenomena in the real world, helped establish cryptography. Another piece of his purely theoretical work became known as the Hardy-Weinberg law in genetics,
Video examples
The science of milk -...
or ultra pasteurization, blasts the milk with considerably higher temperatures over just a few seconds. UHT milk boasts a much longer shelf life, up to twelve months unrefrigerated, compared to pasteurized milk's two weeks in the fridge.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
leopards in my time at Juma now of course that's not really counting the ones from cheetah planes and chitwa chitwa and and around us just purely seen on Juma so quite a few not very many places in the world can boast in
Video examples
Michael Green: What the...
And it shouldn't be a guide to all decision making. But we have ignored Kuznets' warning. We live in a world where GDP is the benchmark of success in a global economy. Our politicians boast when GDP goes up. Markets move
Video examples
Which animal has the...
The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently, while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight?
Video examples
Bears Brave Boiling...
hot springs could be fatal food is so plentiful that this area boasts one of the highest densities of brown bears anywhere in the world being out in the open like this does not
Video examples
Dusky Dolphins and Bull...
these waters may not support the diversity found in coral reefs but they boast a far greater volume of animals
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Quote examples
Horatio Nelson
British Admiral
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.
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Joy Mathew
Indian Actor
An artist or a writer can boast about working for himself, but it would be highly irresponsible of a director to say such a thing as the sweat of many people is involved in realising his dream and he should respect that.
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Archilochus
Greek Poet
Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
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Louis L'Amour
American Author
Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
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Horatio Nelson
British Admiral
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.
Quote examples
Joy Mathew
Indian Actor
An artist or a writer can boast about working for himself, but it would be highly irresponsible of a director to say such a thing as the sweat of many people is involved in realising his dream and he should respect that.
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Archilochus
Greek Poet
Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
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Louis L'Amour
American Author
Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.
Quote examples
Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
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