English-Thai Dictionary

boast

N การ คุยโม้  การโอ้อวด  brag kan-kui-mo

 

boast

VT คุยโว  โว  โม้  โอ้อวด  brag khui-wo

 

boast about

PHRV คุยโม้ ใน เรื่อง  โอ้อวด  คุยโต  brag about kui-mo-nai-rueang

 

boast of

PHRV คุยโม้ ใน เรื่อง  โอ้อวด  คุยโต  brag about kui-mo-nai-rueang

 

boaster

N คน ชอบ โม้ 

 

boastful

ADJ อวดดี  ยกตนข่มท่าน  คุยโว  โอ้อวด  bragging cocky uatd-de

 

boastfully

ADV โดย คุยโว  โดย วางก้าม  โดย โอ้อวด  cockily doi-khui-wo

 

boastfulness

N การโอ้อวด  vainglory kan-ao-uad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOAST

v.i.[Gr. to inflate; L. fastus.] 1. To brag, or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's own worth, property, or actions.
2. To glory; to speak with laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things.
I boast of you to them of Macedonia. St. Paul. 2 Corinthians 9:2.
Usually, it is followed by of; sometimes by in.
3. To exalt one's self.
With your mouth you have boasted against me. Ezekiel 35:13

 

BOAST

v.t.To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity or exultation, with a view to self-commendation. Lest men should boast their specious deeds.
1. Magnify or exalt.
They boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. Psalm 49:6.
2. To exult in confident expectation.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow. Proverbs 27:1.

 

BOAST

n.Expression of ostentation, pride or vanity; a vaunting. Thou makest thy boast of the law. Romans 2:23.
1. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation.
Trial by peers is the boast of the British nation.

 

BOASTER

n.One who boasts, glories or vaunts ostentatiously.

 

BOASTFUL

a.Given to boasting; ostentatious of personal worth or actions.

 

BOASTING

ppr. Talking ostentatiously; glorying; vaunting.

 

BOASTING

n.Ostentatious display of personal worth, or actions; a glorying or vaunting. Where is boasting then? Romans 3:27.

 

BOASTINGLY

adv. In an ostentatious manner; with boasting.

 

BOASTIVE

a.Presumptuous. [Unusual. ]

 

BOASTLESS

a.Without ostentation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOAST

Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting. ] Etym: [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. pösa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English. ]

 

1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: .. not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9.

 

2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. In God we boast all the day long. Ps. xiiv. 8

 

Syn. -- To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.

 

BOAST

BOAST Boast, v. t.

 

1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. Milton.

 

2. To display vaingloriously.

 

3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic ] Boast not thyself of to-morrow. Prov. xxvii.

 

BOAST

Boast, v. t. Etym: [Of uncertain etymology. ]

 

1. (Masonry )

 

Defn: To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.

 

2. (Sculp. )

 

Defn: To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

 

BOAST

BOAST Boast, n.

 

1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. Reason and morals and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron.

 

2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. The boast of historians. Macaulay.

 

BOASTANCE

BOASTANCE Boast "ance, n.

 

Defn: Boasting. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

BOASTER

BOASTER Boast "er, n.

 

Defn: One who boasts; a braggart.

 

BOASTER

BOASTER Boast "er, n.

 

Defn: A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.

 

BOASTFUL

BOASTFUL Boast "ful, a.

 

Defn: Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast "ful *ly, adv. -- Boast "ful *ness, n.

 

BOASTING

BOASTING Boast "ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young.

 

BOASTINGLY

BOASTINGLY Boast "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you. " Burke.

 

BOASTIVE

BOASTIVE Boast "ive, a.

 

Defn: Presumptuous. [R.]

 

BOASTLESS

BOASTLESS Boast "less, a.

 

Defn: Without boasting or ostentation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

boast

boast 1 |bōst boʊst | ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities: [ with direct speech ] : Ted used to boast, “I manage ten people ” | [ with clause ] : he boasted that he had taken part in the crime | [ no obj. ] : she boasted about her many conquests. 2 [ with obj. ] (of a person, place, or thing ) possess (a feature that is a source of pride ): the hotel boasts high standards of comfort. ▶noun an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: I said I would score, and it wasn't an idle boast. DERIVATIVES boast er noun, boast ing ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): of unknown origin.

 

boast

boast 2 |boʊst bōst | ▶noun (in squash ) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the sidewalls before hitting the front wall. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps from French bosse denoting a rounded projection in the wall of a court for court tennis.

 

boastful

boast ful |ˈbōstfəl ˈboʊs (t )fəl | ▶adjective showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. DERIVATIVES boast ful ly adverb, boast ful ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

boast

boast 1 |bəʊst | ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities: [ no obj. ] : she boasted about her many conquests | [ with clause ] : he boasted that he had taken part in the crime | [ with direct speech ] : Ted used to boast ‘I manage ten people. ’. 2 [ with obj. ] (of a person, place, or thing ) possess (a feature that is a source of pride ): the hotel boasts high standards of comfort. ▶noun an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast. DERIVATIVES boaster noun, boastingly adverb ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): of unknown origin.

 

boast

boast 2 |bəʊst | ▶noun (in squash ) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps from French bosse denoting a rounded projection in the wall of a court for real tennis.

 

boastful

boast |ful |ˈbəʊstfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. DERIVATIVES boastfully adverb, boastfulness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

boast

boast verb 1 his mother had been boasting about him: brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, show off; exaggerate, overstate; informal talk big, blow one's own horn, lay it on thick. 2 the hotel boasts a fine restaurant: possess, have, own, enjoy, pride oneself /itself on. ▶noun 1 everyone has tired of listening to your boast: brag, self-praise; exaggeration, overstatement, grandiloquence, fanfaronade. 2 the hall is the boast of the county: pride, joy, wonder, delight, treasure, gem.

 

boastful

boastful adjective in the first debate he came across as aggressive and boastful: bragging, swaggering, bumptious, puffed up, full of oneself; cocky, conceited, arrogant, egotistical; informal swanky, bigheaded, blowhard; literary vainglorious. ANTONYMS modest.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

boast

boast verb 1 his mother had been boasting about how wonderful he was to all her friends: brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, show off, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back; exaggerate, overstate; preen oneself, give oneself airs; informal talk big, blow hard, lay it on thick, shoot one's mouth off; Austral. /NZ informal skite, big-note oneself. ANTONYMS deprecate, belittle. 2 the museum boasts a breathtaking collection of glassware: possess, have, own, enjoy, pride oneself /itself on, be the proud owner of. ▶noun 1 his proud boast is that he started off without any outside financial backing: brag, self-praise; exaggeration, overstatement; bragging, crowing, swaggering; informal swank, swanking; Austral. /NZ informal skite; literary fanfaronade; archaic vaunt, rodomontade, gasconade. 2 the hall is the boast of the county: pride, pride and joy, joy, wonder, delight, darling, treasure, gem, pearl, apple of someone's eye, valued object, source of satisfaction.

 

boastful

boastful adjective he always seemed to be rather boastful and above himself: bragging, crowing, swaggering, braggart, overweening, overbearing, bumptious, puffed up, vaunting, blowhard, ostentatious, full of oneself; cocky, conceited, proud, arrogant, vain, egotistical; informal swanking, swanky, big-mouthed, big-headed, swollen-headed; formal vainglorious. ANTONYMS modest, unassuming.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

boast

boast /boʊst / (!-oa-は /oʊ /) (形 )boastful 動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 自動詞 «…を » 自慢する , 誇る, 鼻にかける «about , of (do ing )» (!be proudと違い, 誇らしいと口にすること; →brag ) ▸ Judy always boasts of her friendship with the star .ジュディはいつもそのスターの友達であることを自慢する ▸ boast about one's success [achievement ]成功 [業績, 成績 ]を誇らしげに話す 他動詞 1 〖～ that節 〗…だと自慢する ; ｟書 ｠〖直接話法 〗自慢して …と言う (→say 他動詞 1a 語法 )▸ Politicians boasted that crime was falling .政治家は犯罪が減少していると自慢げに語った ▸ “Our team is No. 1 in Tokyo, ” he boasts .「我がチームは東京で一番だ 」と彼は得意げに話す 2 ｟書 ｠〈場所 組織などが 〉…を (誇りとして )持っている, 誇っている (!進行形 受け身にしない ) ▸ The city boasts an airport .その町には空港があるのが自慢だ 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C «…という » 自慢 (の種 ), 誇り , 誇りに思うもの [こと ]; ｟けなして ｠うぬぼれ «that 節 » ▸ That's not a boast .｟話 ｠自慢して言ってるんじゃないんだ ▸ no idle [empty ] boast 本当のこと ▸ His proudest boast is that he is the father of the singer .その歌手の父親だというのが彼の一番の自慢だ b ó ast er 名詞 C 自慢する人 .

 

boastful

boast ful /bóʊstf (ə )l /形容詞 ｟けなして ｠ «…を » 自慢する, 鼻にかけた, 豪語する «of » ; 得意げな .～ly 副詞 得意げに .～ness 名詞 U 自慢 .