boast (n)
boasting (n)
self-praise (n)
jactitation (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def speaking of yourself in superlatives
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Hypernym speech act
Derivationally related form boast → boast
Hyponym brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade; braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade; vaunt; self-assertion
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Hyponym speech act
Hypernym brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade; braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade; vaunt; self-assertion
Derivationally related form boast → boast

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