Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being boastful.

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  • noun The characteristic of being boastful.

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  • noun outspoken conceit

Etymologies

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boastful +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • And so much arrogance and boastfulness from the great Obama himself.

    Presidential hopefuls eye the economy 2008

  • And so much arrogance and boastfulness from the great Obama himself.

    McCain resurrects call for gas tax holiday 2008

  • And so much arrogance and boastfulness from the great Obama himself.

    McCain resurrects call for gas tax holiday 2008

  • And so much arrogance and boastfulness from the great Obama himself.

    More than three-quarters rate economic conditions poor 2008

  • While duly respectful and betraying not a whit of boastfulness, that is a comment containing more than a hint of steel.

    unknown title 2009

  • Boyish boastfulness which is at the same time coarse and clumsy ....

    Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • His web site also displays a rather remarkable congenital boastfulness and an penchant for unusual capitalization "We are a better Charter Fishing Boat than the Saltwater Sport Fishing Charter Boats on the East Coast and in the Florida Keys, including the fleet of Deep Sea Fishing Boats in Key West".

    Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012

  • His web site also displays a rather remarkable congenital boastfulness and an penchant for unusual capitalization "We are a better Charter Fishing Boat than the Saltwater Sport Fishing Charter Boats on the East Coast and in the Florida Keys, including the fleet of Deep Sea Fishing Boats in Key West".

    Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012

  • His web site also displays a rather remarkable congenital boastfulness and an penchant for unusual capitalization "We are a better Charter Fishing Boat than the Saltwater Sport Fishing Charter Boats on the East Coast and in the Florida Keys, including the fleet of Deep Sea Fishing Boats in Key West".

    Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012

  • Host council member Mary Cheh introduced Gray a "leader free of vanity and boastfulness"; former school board chair Peggy Cooper Cafritz rose to tell the crowd, "You absolutely could not be in better hands."

    DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 8, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010

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