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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Boastful \Boast"ful\, adjective Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- {Boast"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Boast"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
boastful
adjective: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {braggart(a)}, {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing}, {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "boastful": Gascon, arrogant, boasting, braggart, bragging, cock-a-hoop, conceited, egotistical, exultant, fanfaron, fanfaronading, gasconading, haughty, ostentatious, pretentious, proud, rodomontade, self-advertising, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, show-off, swelled-headed, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vaporing, vaunting
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