单词	boastful
释义	boastful adjective boast·​ful ˈbōst-fəl  : given to or marked by boasting : expressing excessive self-pride a vain, boastful man A few of the … parents are downright boastful about their sons. Jane Gross … journalists who are only too willing to take at face value the boastful pronouncements of the company's publicity department. Jeffrey Young At the highest levels, the administration's response to the crisis has been sluggish, characterized by boastful rhetoric but stagnant funding. The Washington Post boastfully ˈbōst-fə-lē  adverb If her new acquaintance wants to talk about plants, she might mention a few of her own, never boastfully, but with a pleasant tone of surprise, as if her parlor palm and the other person's had coincidentally attended the same high school. David Sedaris Of the confidence reposed in him by Hudig—the master—he was boastfully and obtrusively proud. Joseph Conrad boastfulness noun Villars' military and diplomatic career under two kings of France was enormously successful, but his boastfulness and cupidity were notorious. David Wykes Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above boastful adjective as in braggart Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance braggart bragging conceited braggy arrogant cocky bombastic vainglorious swaggering prideful blusterous haughty egotistic bumptious bigheaded smug pompous supercilious egotistical egoistic blustery snobbish complacent vain domineering snobby self-conceited snooty proud assumptive uppity egoistical self-important self-satisfied disdainful cavalier overconfident pretentious chesty uppish pontifical huffy stuck-up assured overweening swellheaded presumptuous self-assertive biggety consequential fastuous important self-opinionated high-and-mighty lordly lofty imperious toplofty peremptory confident superior masterful selfish biggity self-asserting high-handed self-assured hifalutin highfalutin self-confident holier-than-thou toploftical self-congratulatory high-hat presuming self-promoting self-contented self-glorifying self-centered self-dramatizing self-gratulatory self-engrossed self-adulatory self-applauding self-affected Antonyms & Near Antonyms humble modest diffident timid meek egoless unassertive unassuming bashful uncomplacent unpretentious sheepish shy self-doubting self-critical introverted demure self-reproachful self-distrustful self-reproving mousy shrinking retiring mousey unarrogant down-to-earth overmodest See More
随便看	hog-nosed badger hog-nosed skunk hog-nosed viper hog-ringer hog-round hog-tie hog-tied hog-ties hog-tying hog-wrestle hogan hogan-mogan hogans Hogarth Hogarth chair cheese hoop cheese it cheese knife cheese mite cheese pitch cheese press cheese rennet cheese scoop cheese spread cheese stick

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。