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boastful

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbəʊstfʊl/
  • /ˈbəʊstf(ə)l/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Tending to boast or brag.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

exhibiting self-importance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • big talk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bostful, equivalent to boast + -ful.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: lovğa — tending to boast or brag
  • Bulgarian: самохвален (samohvalen) — tending to boast or brag
  • Catalan: vanagloriós — tending to boast or brag
  • Catalan: fanfarró — tending to boast or brag
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自誇的 /自夸的 (zìkuā de) — tending to boast or brag
  • Finnish: leuhka — tending to boast or brag
  • Finnish: öykkärimäinen — tending to boast or brag
  • French: vantard — tending to boast or brag
  • French: fanfaron — tending to boast or brag
  • Galician: borreante — tending to boast or brag
  • Galician: fachendoso — tending to boast or brag
  • German: prahlerisch — tending to boast or brag
  • German: stolz — tending to boast or brag
  • Hungarian: dicsekvő — tending to boast or brag
  • Hungarian: hencegő — tending to boast or brag
  • Hungarian: kérkedő — tending to boast or brag
  • Irish: mórfhoclach — tending to boast or brag
  • Irish: mórtasach — tending to boast or brag
  • Japanese: 自慢する (jiman suru) — tending to boast or brag
  • Japanese: 自慢に満ちた (jiman ni michita) — tending to boast or brag
  • Kapampangan: mapangaya — tending to boast or brag
  • Kapampangan: mapañgaia — tending to boast or brag
  • Latin: iactans — tending to boast or brag
  • Latvian: lielīgs — tending to boast or brag
  • Macedonian: фалба́џиски (falbádžiski) — tending to boast or brag
  • Māori: pākiwaha — tending to boast or brag
  • Mongolian: бардам (bardam) — tending to boast or brag
  • Plautdietsch: grootfrätich — tending to boast or brag
  • Plautdietsch: puchsch — tending to boast or brag
  • Portuguese: orgulhoso — tending to boast or brag
  • Russian: хвастли́вый (xvastlívyj) — tending to boast or brag
  • Russian: го́рдый (górdyj) — tending to boast or brag
  • Scottish Gaelic: bragail — tending to boast or brag
  • Serbo-Croatian: хвалисав — tending to boast or brag
  • Serbo-Croatian: самохвалисав — tending to boast or brag
  • Serbo-Croatian: hvalisav — tending to boast or brag
  • Serbo-Croatian: samohvalisav — tending to boast or brag
  • Spanish: jactancioso — tending to boast or brag
  • Spanish: fachendoso presuntuoso — tending to boast or brag
  • Spanish: echón — tending to boast or brag
  • Spanish: jechón — tending to boast or brag
  • Spanish: comemierda — tending to boast or brag
  • Spanish: fanfarrón — tending to boast or brag
  • Swedish: skrytsam — tending to boast or brag
  • Tagalog: hambog — tending to boast or brag
  • Tagalog: mahangin — tending to boast or brag
  • Tagalog: pasikat — tending to boast or brag
  • Turkish: övüngen — tending to boast or brag
  • Yakut: бардам (bardam) — tending to boast or brag