Meanings
comparative more boasting · superlative most boasting
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of boast
plural boastings
- uncountableThe making of boasts.
- An individual boast or bout of boasting.
After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 281 more example
Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.
1849, Elizabeth Wilson, A Scriptural View of Woman's Rights and Duties, page 367
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek σεμνολογία
- σεμνολογία (semnología)the making of boasts
German Prahlen, Prahlerei
- Prahlenthe making of boasts
- Prahlereithe making of boasts
- Angebenthe making of boasts
- Angabethe making of boasts
Latin iactantia
- iactantiathe making of boasts
Swedish skryt, skrävel
- skrytthe making of boasts
- skrävelthe making of boasts
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