boaster
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- noun
- /ˈboʊstər/
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presumido
- As a boaster, he often exaggerated the stories of his travels to impress others.
Examples
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Well, lines that the wicked boaster Captain Parolles speaks after his plot has been exposed and he's been stripped of his captaincy.
Fiction book (1997) -
Lovers of their own selves, boasters, proud, blasphemers, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
Blog text (1) -
The Americans are boasters who love money.
Blog text (14) -
Like all boasters, he's a coward.
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Boaster.
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Break this boaster's bones.
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For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
Blog text (15) -
He is a thief, a glutton, a coward, and a boaster, always ready to cheat the weak and prey upon the poor; to terrify the timorous and insult the defenseless.
Academic text (2015) -
177 Munchhausen <366> -- Baron Munchhausen (1790-97), Ger. soldier, hunter, traveler, and boaster.
Academic text (1995) -
He was such a boaster that no one believed his tall tales about climbing mountains.
Synonyms
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A person who talks too much and brags about themselves
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A person who talks a lot about themselves to show off
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A person who talks proudly about their success or things they own
A person who often brags about what they have done in a proud way
A person who brags loudly to get attention
A person who brags a lot and tells stories that are not true
A person who boasts in a loud, proud way
How Boastful
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boaster comes from boast ('to talk proudly about yourself') and the ending -er ('one who'). So a boaster is someone who 'brags' or shows off about their success.