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Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.

e still my argument. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.

to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Dryden.

Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.

Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.

aining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak.…

Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak.

Boastful. -- Brag"gart*ly, adv.

Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. In spite of our host's bravado. Irving.

To change hands, to change owners. -- To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [Colloq.] -- To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is i…

r Ball. -- Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. -- Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zoöl.) See Sage cock. -- Cock of the rock (Zoöl.), a South American bird (Rupicola aurantia) having a beautiful crest. -- Cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hou…

Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.

A suffix signifying full of, abounding with; as, boastful, harmful, woeful.

Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.] Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious. Shak.

Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.

Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. Clarendon.

Inflated; boastful.

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.