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Boastful is used to describe someone who is known for boasting—bragging, especially in a way that exaggerates or shows excessive pride about the boaster’s skills, possessions, or accomplishments.

Boastful is especially used to describe a person who boasts all the time. It can also be used to describe such claims, as in He made boastful claims about all of the awards he had won.

Boastful people most often boast about themselves—their skills, their possessions, or the things that they have accomplished—but a person can also be boastful about someone else. A parent might be boastful about their child’s accomplishments, for example.

Example: No one has ever actually seen him perform, but that doesn’t stop him from being boastful about how good he is.

The first records of the word boastful come from around 1300. Its base word, boast, comes from the Middle English bosten, but its ultimate origin is uncertain.

People who are described as boastful are often trying to make their accomplishments or skills seem greater than they actually are. But this isn’t always the case—a person’s boasts may be true. Still, saying that a person is boastful usually means that they are thought to lack humility—that they are too prideful.

What are some other forms related to boastful?

• boastfully (adverb)
• boastfulness (noun)
• boast (verb)

What are some synonyms for boastful?

• braggadocious

What are some words that share a root or word element with boastful?��

• boaster

What are some words that often get used in discussing boastful?

• brag
• pride
• claim
• exaggerate
• skill
• ability
• possession
• accomplishment
• conceited

Boastful is almost always used in a negative way to criticize a person for bragging too much.

I know it’s hard to be wrong. Especially when you’ve made a fool out of yourself by being boastful or cocky, but grace is knowing when to resign. Knowing when to show your hand and bow out. Ignorance is choosing anger or malice instead.

— Marjani McCoy (@MSMCCOYSWORLD)

not to sound boastful, but i just want to say that im really happy with how much i've improved in terms of my layout and background art. i used to despise backgrounds up until last year. i've learned a lot over this summer, and i'm happy with how far i've come this year alone :')

— snowspark ❄️ – BLM (@puckpaints)

Working 12+ hours a day is not something to be boastful about or to revel in.

It's actually soul destroying, it's unhealthy for your body, if the role is sedentary, it's unhealthy for your mind if the role is isolated.

If it's not any of the above its still immensely draining.

— Never Forget Lekki Toll Gate Massacre 201020 (@KuroFuturist)

Which of the following words could be used to describe someone who is known for being boastful?

A. braggadocious

B. prideful

C. conceited

D. all of the above