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blows horn
| Main Entry: |
blow one's own horn
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congratulate oneself |
| Synonyms: | boast, brag, crow, gloat, grandstand, hug oneself, pat oneself on the back, toot one's own horn |
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot*, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk boastingly |
| Synonyms: | blow one's own horn, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hotdog, jive, mouth*, pat oneself on the back, prate, puff, rodomontade, showboat, shuck, swagger, vaunt |
| Antonyms: | be modest, be quiet, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | honk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toot |
| Synonyms: | beep, blare, blast, blow, blow the horn, sound, sound one's horn, tootle |
| Main Entry: | gasconade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boast |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, blow*, bluster, brag, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, give a good account of oneself, gloat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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