to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself.

to speak with pride (often fol. by of )

He boasted of his family's wealth.

to speak of with excessive pride or vanity

He boasts himself a genius.

to be proud in the possession of

The town boasts a new school.

a thing boasted of; a cause for pride

Talent is his boast. It is her boast that she has never betrayed a friend.

exaggerated or objectionable speech; bragging

empty boasts and threats.

noun

deprecation , modesty

verb

be modest , deprecate , belittle , decry , disparage

noun

avowal , bluster , bombast , braggadocio , bravado , exaggeration , gasconade , grandiloquence , heroics , joy , pretension , pride , pride and joy , self-satisfaction , swank , treasure , vaunt , brag , fanfaronade , rodomontade , boasting , cockalorum , jactitation , pomposity , vainglory

verb

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 * , showboat , show off , shuck * , sling * , sound off , strut , swagger , talk big , triumph , vapor * , be proud of , claim , exhibit , have in keeping , own , possess , pride oneself on , brag , rodomontade , vaunt , enjoy , have , hold , bounce , clamor , clamour , congratulate , display , emblazon , gab , glorify , plume , rave , shovel , swashbuckle , toot one\'s own horn , toot ones own horn , vapor