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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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boastful

/ˈbəʊstfʊl/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈbəʊstfʊl/

boastful

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

boas - tful -> boastful

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကြွားဝါသော။

Full entry

boast /bǝƱst/ v

၁။ ~ (about/of sth) ကြွားသည်။ ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး သည်။ Stop boasting! ❍ He's always boasting about his children's success at school. ❍ That's nothing to boast about. ❍ She boasted of her skill at chess. ❍ He boasted that he was the best player in the team.
၂။ ဂုဏ်ယူသည်။ The city boasts one of the most famous art galleries in the world. ❍ No other company can boast such a record.
n
၁။ ~ (that…) (derog ) ကြွားလုံး။ His boast that he could drink ten pints of beer impressed nobody. ❍ Her claim that she could beat us all was clearly no idle/empty boast.
၂။ ဂုဏ်ယူစရာ။ It was his proud boast that he had never missed a day's work because of illness.
❏ boastful /-fl/ adj (usu derog ) လေလုံးထွားသော။ boastful talk ❍ He emerges from his writings as a boastful, over bearing and bumptious man. boastfully /-fǝli/ adv

More examples

[boast of] : He’s always boasting of his great sporting achievements.
[boast about] : Cheating on somebody is hardly something to boast about.
[boast that] : The Prime Minister boasted that public spending had increased by 6%.
The island boasts the highest number of tourists in the area.

Synonyms

brag, show off, swank, blow your own horn, sing your own praises, advertise, aggrandize, assertion, attract attention, avowal, be proud of, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, blow your own trumpet, bluster, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, bully, claim, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, display, enjoy, exaggerate, exaggeration, exhibit, exult, fake, feature, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, fly your own kite, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandiloquence, grandstand, have, have in keeping, heroics, hug oneself, jive, joy, lay claim to, lay on thick, own, possess, prate, preen, pretension, pride, pride and joy, pride oneself on, pride yourself on, psych, puff, self-satisfaction, shoot, shovel, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, treasure, triumph, vapor, vaunt

Antonyms

be modest, be sad, conceal, deny, deprecate, deprecation, dispossess, fail, hide, humility, lose, modesty, not have

Cross references

brag show off swank blow your own horn sing your own praises advertise aggrandize assertion attract attention avowal be proud of blow blow one's own horn blow smoke blow your own trumpet bluster bombast braggadocio bravado bully claim cock-a-doodle-doo con congratulate oneself crow display enjoy exaggerate

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