Boastful

Definition

boast /bǝƱst/ v ၁။ ~ (about/of sth) ႂကြားသည္။ ကိုယ္ရည္ေသြး သည္။ 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။ ဂုဏ္ယူသည္။ 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 ) ႂကြားလံုး။ 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။ ဂုဏ္ယူစရာ။ It was his proud boast that he had never missed a day's work because of illness. ❏ boastful /-fl/ adj ( usu derog ) ေလလံုးထြားေသာ။ boastful talk ❍ He emerges from his writings as a boastful, over bearing and bumptious man. boastfully /-fǝli/ adv

Examples

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