boasted

VERB

brag

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advertise

STRONG

aggrandize blow bluster bully cock-a-doodle-doo con crow exaggerate exult fake flaunt flourish gasconade gloat glory grandstand jive prate preen puff shoot shovel showboat shuck sling strut swagger triumph vapor

WEAK

attract attention blow one's own horn blow smoke congratulate oneself flatter oneself give a good account of oneself hug oneself lay on thick psych show off sound off talk big

Antonyms

STRONG

be sad conceal fail hide

WEAK

be modest deprecate

VERB

to have advantage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

claim exhibit own possess

WEAK

be proud of have in keeping pride oneself on show off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny dispossess lose not have

WEAK

be modest deprecate

Example Sentences

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Boasted one longtime resident: “We don’t have laws in New Orleans. We have suggestions.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2019

Boasted Koch grandly: "I am mayor of all the people."

From Time Magazine Archive

Boasted City of Hope's Arthur Riggs: "We have tricked the bacteria."

From Time Magazine Archive

Boasted a Soviet embassy official: "In a year we expect to have diplomatic relations with most of the Latin American republics."

From Time Magazine Archive

Boasted of protection papers of Thomas, Steedman and many others in his pockets, but could produce only a few old Gazettes.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd