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 Hallicrafters' President William J. Halligan: "This will be the only revolutionary thing in television this year."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Boasted Publisher Gannett: "Nothing ever goes out of my office with a 'must' on it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Friend of two great philosophers, this youth Boasted himself yet more, the friend of truth.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Peters, Charles