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boastnoun an asset that brings praise or renownthe school's boast was a winning football team credit, crown jewel, glory, honor, jewel, pride, treasure, trophy pièce de résistance, showpieceattraction, feature, highlightdistinction, excellence, merit, value, virtue a feather in one's cap disgrace, dishonorblemish, blot, defect, shame, slur, smirch, smudge, stain, stigmaeyesore, fright, horror, mess to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excesshe boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner blow, brag, bull(slang), crow, gasconade, swagger, vapor, vaunt bluster, harangue, puffpridegushexult, glory, rejoicebrandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show offmagnify, maximize blow smoke belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh(also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervaluebemoan, lament, mourn, regret to have withinthe hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms bear, contain, hold accommodate, fit, takecase, encase, enclose(also inclose), encompassharbor, house, lodge, shelter v.boast, brag, vaunt, crow mean to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments.boast often suggests ostentation and exaggerationboasts of every trivial success , but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride.the town boasts one of the best museums in the area brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself.bragging of their exploits vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag.vaunted his country's military might crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging.crowed after winning the championship in the 14th century |