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crowing

ADJECTIVE

boastful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant bombastic cocky exultant pompous pretentious

WEAK

big big-headed conceited egotistic egotistical full of hot air highfalutin hot stuff know-it-all loudmouth on ego trip puffed-up self-aggrandizing self-applauding smart-alecky snooty strutting stuck-up swaggering swanky swollen-headed too big for one's britches vainglorious vaunting windbag

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humble modest unconceited

WEAK

deprecating

NOUN

bluster

Synonyms

STRONGEST

braggadocio bravado swagger

STRONG

bluff boasting boisterousness bombast bragging rabidity

WEAK

rampancy

NOUN

bravado

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bluster

STRONG

blowing bluff boasting bombast braggadocio bragging bullying gasconade grandiosity guts pomposity pretension railing rant swelling talk

WEAK

fancy talk fanfaronade fuming hot air raging selfglorification storming tall talk

Antonyms

WEAK

cowardice fear fearfulness modesty restraint

NOUN

exultation

Synonyms

STRONG

delight elation glee gloating glory happiness joy joyousness jubilance jubilation merriment rejoicing satisfaction transport triumph

WEAK

high spirits

Antonyms

STRONG

depression gloom misery pain sadness sorrow unhappiness woe

WEAK

discouragement

NOUN

fanfaronade

Synonyms

WEAK

bluster boasting bombast brag braggadocio bravado gasconade gloating rodomontade swagger

NOUN

jubilance

Synonyms

STRONG

delight elation glee gloating glory happiness joy joyousness jubilation merriment rejoicing satisfaction transport triumph

WEAK

exultance exultancy high spirits

Antonyms

STRONG

depression gloom misery pain sadness sorrow unhappiness woe

NOUN

laughter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusement chuckle giggle glee guffaw hilarity laugh mirth roar shout shriek snicker

STRONG

cachinnation cackle chortle crow fit howling merriment peal rejoicing roaring snigger snort snorting titter

WEAK

chortling chuckling giggling guffawing har-de-har tee-hee tittering yuck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

crying sadness unhappiness

WEAK

despair gloom

Example Sentences

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Gen. Pam Bondi tried to deflect questions about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein records by crowing about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

While crowing about its Pentagon projects, IonQ hasn’t highlighted that the majority of them weren’t funded in the last two federal budgets, Wolfpack says.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The following month the same newspaper was crowing:

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

“When you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”

From Salon • May 3, 2025

Breathing in the warm, musky fragrance, I remembered Piatra Neamt, the taste of cheese blintzes, and the crowing of roosters in the morning.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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