: given to or marked by boasting : expressing excessive self-pride
a vain, boastful man
A few of the … parents are downright boastful about their sons.—
Jane Gross
Jane Gross… journalists who are only too willing to take at face value the boastful pronouncements of the company's publicity department.—Jeffrey Young
Jeffrey YoungAt the highest levels, the administration's response to the crisis has been sluggish, characterized by boastful rhetoric but stagnant funding.—The Washington Post
The Washington Post
boastfully
adverb
If her new acquaintance wants to talk about plants, she might mention a few of her own, never boastfully, but with a pleasant tone of surprise, as if her parlor palm and the other person's had coincidentally attended the same high school.
—David Sedaris
David Sedaris
Of the confidence reposed in him by Hudig—the master—he was boastfully and obtrusively proud.
—Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
boastfulness
noun
Villars' military and diplomatic career under two kings of France was enormously successful, but his boastfulness and cupidity were notorious.
—David Wykes
David Wykes
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What people post on social media might be considered boastful, or celebratory depending on how an individual has been socialized.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Conversations with landlords have turned from boastful pride to cautious consideration.
—Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
To self-promote without seeming boastful, write articles, share industry insights on social media, and speak at conferences to demonstrate your expertise and point of view, and position yourself as a thought leader.
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—William Arruda, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Berlin Alexanderplatz presented Hofmann with a particular challenge because of its rich seam of local dialect and the boastful, big-city idiom known as Berliner Schnauze, as well as constant wordplay.
—David Blackbourn, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2019
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Ellen Choi, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Conversations with landlords have turned from boastful pride to cautious consideration.
—Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
To self-promote without seeming boastful, write articles, share industry insights on social media, and speak at conferences to demonstrate your expertise and point of view, and position yourself as a thought leader.
5.
—William Arruda, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Berlin Alexanderplatz presented Hofmann with a particular challenge because of its rich seam of local dialect and the boastful, big-city idiom known as Berliner Schnauze, as well as constant wordplay.
—David Blackbourn, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2019
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“Boastful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boastful. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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