boastful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++boast·ful /ˈbəʊstfəl $ ˈboʊst-/ ●○○ adjective BOASTtalking too proudly about yourself 好自夸的，自吹自擂的 OPP modest —boastfully adverb —boastfulness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
boastful• After they had drunk more wine, they started to become loud and boastful.• And few are more humorous, possessing the ability to be simultaneously self-deprecating and boastful.• He also seemed to be rather boastful and above himself.• The tower is a statement of arrival, as boastful and triumphant as the Tughluk buildings around me were understated and austere.• We'd always been boastful, conspicuous, triumphalist in our love; now we had to tell the World.• In the weeks before the game, Ogden gave a number of boastful interviews to the press.• This was in keeping with his nature, for he was boastful, intolerant and greedy.• Love is never boastful, or conceited, or rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense.• New York always has been such a prideful, boastful place with a myopic view of the rest of the world.• He is so boastful, so ready to justify himself.boast·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus talking about too proudly yourself
boastful
boast‧ful /ˈbəʊstfəl $ ˈboʊst-/
adjective
talking too proudly about yourself
OPP modest
—boastfully adverb
—boastfulness noun [uncountable]
boast‧ful /ˈbəʊstfəl $ ˈboʊst-/
adjectivetalking too proudly about yourself
OPP modest
—boastfully adverb
—boastfulness noun [uncountable]