Noun: boasting bow-sting
- Speaking of oneself in a positive way with too much pride or self-indulgence
"brash immodest boasting";
- boast, self-praise, jactitation, skite [Austral, NZ, informal]
- Show off, esp. with exaggeration
"He was always boasting about his athletic achievements";
- swash [archaic], shoot a line [informal], brag, gas [informal], blow [informal], bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ, informal]
- Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"The hotel boasted a new swimming pool";
- sport, feature
Derived forms: boastings
Type of: amplify, exaggerate, feature, have, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, speech act
Encyclopedia: Boasting
Boast, Tom