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as in bragging
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner
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as in containing
to have within
the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms
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Recent Examples of boasting
Generic Modern Prefab Tiny Home Inside, the home is impressively spacious, boasting three bedrooms, a full kitchen, a living room, and a bathroom.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Their streets are lined with lush trees and their Victorian homes are like doll houses, painted in pastels and boasting masterful woodwork that draws crowds of admirers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Against the Cleveland Browns (1-3) on Sunday, a team boasting one of the best defenses in the NFL, the formula is probably going to be similar to last week’s.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
That’s also the case with a pair of posse cuts with artists boasting different specialties.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
There are also two fire pits, an alfresco dining spot with a drop-down cover, an outdoor kitchen boasting a Lynx grill, and a bar.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
The new rules are a continuation of Hegseth’s crackdown on press access and accommodations in the Pentagon — despite often boasting about transparency.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 Sep. 2025
The film has opened to universal praise, with One Battle boasting a 95 Metacritic score and an A CinemaScore.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Always fond of visual aids at his UN speeches, Netanyahu began by holding up a small map of Iran and its proxies in the region, boasting about Israeli military achievements over the past year.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Their streets are lined with lush trees and their Victorian homes are like doll houses, painted in pastels and boasting masterful woodwork that draws crowds of admirers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Against the Cleveland Browns (1-3) on Sunday, a team boasting one of the best defenses in the NFL, the formula is probably going to be similar to last week’s.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
That’s also the case with a pair of posse cuts with artists boasting different specialties.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
There are also two fire pits, an alfresco dining spot with a drop-down cover, an outdoor kitchen boasting a Lynx grill, and a bar.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
The new rules are a continuation of Hegseth’s crackdown on press access and accommodations in the Pentagon — despite often boasting about transparency.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 Sep. 2025
The film has opened to universal praise, with One Battle boasting a 95 Metacritic score and an A CinemaScore.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Always fond of visual aids at his UN speeches, Netanyahu began by holding up a small map of Iran and its proxies in the region, boasting about Israeli military achievements over the past year.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boasting
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Even her mom had let go of her dream of her daughter becoming a nurse, now bragging to her friends that her little girl was working for the NFL.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Freedom of Speech is far more American than a hundred-thousand-dollar-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago or trips to Epstein Island or bullying a network into cancelling Steven Colbert or bragging about having extorted $16 million from a movie studio.—
Billy Ray,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, people who are allergic to olives should avoid all products containing olives, including olive oil.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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The suspect, who had been living in the town of Starnberg south of the city, had been carrying a backpack containing an explosive device, a Bavaria police statement said earlier.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Almost as a cry for help, just holding onto her last bit of identity and not having a lot of time to do things on her own time.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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In case that wasn't enough of a wink from the show's creators, there's a scene in the finale where the head nurse at the institution holding Gein advises him to write a book, noting that so many other people have taken liberties with his story.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Boasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boasting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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