| boasting 
 
 speaking of yourself in superlatives
 • Syn:
 boast, self-praise, jactitation
 • Derivationally related forms:
 boast (for: boast)
 • Hypernyms:
 speech act
 • Hyponyms:
 brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
 line-shooting, gasconade, braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade,
 vaunt, self-assertion
 
 
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