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" Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting."
George Orwell

Meaning of "boastfulness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BOASTFULNESS

ˈbəʊstfʊlnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOASTFULNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boastfulness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOASTFULNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Boasting

Boasting or bragging is the act of making an ostentatious speech. It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright, and can involve magnifying an accomplishment out of proportion to its importance.

Definition of boastfulness in the English dictionary

The definition of boastfulness in the dictionary is tendency to be boastful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOASTFULNESS

artfulness · deceitfulness · distastefulness · doubtfulness · forgetfulness · fretfulness · frightfulness · fruitfulness · gratefulness · lustfulness · respectfulness · self-forgetfulness · spitefulness · sprightfulness · tactfulness · tastefulness · thoughtfulness · uneventfulness · wastefulness · wistfulness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOASTFULNESS

boarish · boarishly · boarishness · boart · Boas · boast · boasted · boaster · boastful · boastfully · boasting · boastingly · boastless · boat · boat deck · boat drill · boat neck · boat people · boat race · boat ride

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOASTFULNESS

business · carefulness · casualness · coolness · evilness · faithfulness · fearfulness · fullness · gracefulness · helpfulness · illness · joyfulness · meaningfulness · mental illness · mindfulness · stillness · thankfulness · truthfulness · usefulness · wellness · wonderfulness

Synonyms and antonyms of boastfulness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boastfulness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOASTFULNESS

Find out the translation of boastfulness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of boastfulness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boastfulness» in English.
zh

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大言不惭
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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jactancia
570 millions of speakers
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English

boastfulness
510 millions of speakers
hi

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डींग हांकना
380 millions of speakers
ar

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تباهي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

хвастовство
278 millions of speakers
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boastfulness
270 millions of speakers
bn

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আত্মপ্রশংসা
260 millions of speakers
fr

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vantardise
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Kebanggaan
190 millions of speakers
de

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Prahlerei
180 millions of speakers
ja

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自慢
130 millions of speakers
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boastfulness
85 millions of speakers
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Boastfulness
85 millions of speakers
vi

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người không tự phụ
80 millions of speakers
ta

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boastfulness
75 millions of speakers
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बढाई
75 millions of speakers
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övüngenlik
70 millions of speakers
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boastfulness
65 millions of speakers
pl

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chełpliwość
50 millions of speakers
uk

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хвастощі
40 millions of speakers
ro

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lăudăroșenie
30 millions of speakers
el

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κομπασμό
15 millions of speakers
af

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spoggerigheid
14 millions of speakers
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boastfulness
10 millions of speakers
no

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boastfulness
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boastfulness

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QUOTES WITH «BOASTFULNESS»

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George Orwell
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOASTFULNESS»

Discover the use of boastfulness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boastfulness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Thesaurus of Old English: Index
10.05 Roaring, raging giellende02.05.10.05 Roaring, raging gielp 07.06.02 Arrogance, vainglory, vanity; 07.06.03 Boastfulness, arrogance; 07.06.04 Pride, ostentation gielpan 07.04.04 Praise, acclamation, applause; 07.06.03 Boastfulness, ...
Jane Roberts, Christian Kay, Lynne Grundy, 2000
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Theophrastean Studies
For our purposes, the important point is that Theophrastus never tries to decide between possible motives. 1nstead, he treats boastfulness as a behavioral regularity apart from deeper lying motives. An occasional desire to boast for the sake of ...
William W. Fortenbaugh, 2003
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The Quest to Feel Good
We might find that boastfulness and other forms of hubris (e.g., bragging) occur more often when an individual is struggling with self-doubt and fear of interpersonal inferiority, and subsequently feels a need to advertise success in order to elicit ...
Paul R. Rasmussen, 2011
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Ironia: Medieval and Reinaissance Ideas on Irony
ulterior motive was more reprehensible than boastfulness without one. 24 For instance, Aristotle had explained that self-depreciation in small matters, like the Spartans' studied negligence in dress, was reprehensible because it was in fact ...
Dilwyn Knox, 1989
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War, its Causes and Correlates
Boastfulness is another culture trait highly correlated with warfare according to Textor's Cross-cultural summary (1967). Foster's recent article on “The anatomy of envy” (1972) indicates quite clearly that boastfulness is associated with envy, ...
Martin A. Nettleship, Dale Givens, 1975
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Revealing Love: Pray Now Daily Devotions
BOASTFULNESS. Let each of us please his neighbour for his good, to build him up. ~ romans 15:2 ~ Meditation it happens almost without me noticing, a snag in my throat a prickle in my palms, the urge to say to tell everyone to drop, lightly, ...
‎2013
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The True Alpha And Omega: Unmasking Spiritual Wickedness in ...
Another act that is not pleasing to God is that of boastfulness in anything other than Him. In our experience, Omegas are boastful. It is a great practice of the members of Omega 164 Minister Jerrod Smith J.D., M.Div.& Brother Clifton Lucas  ...
Minister Jerrod Smith J D M DIV, Clifton Lucas, 2011
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The Biblical Illustrator - Vol. 45 - Pastoral Commentary on ...
Boastfulness — Jewish and Christian: — I. BOASTFULNESS WAS A JEWISH NATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC of a peculiar species, for it took the form of religious conceit. 1. They could not boast of being rich or strong; but when their fortunes ...
Joseph Exell, Charles Spurgeon, John Calvin, 2013
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Attraction and Hostility: An Experimental Analysis of ...
One basic response to boastfulness which carries a status threat is an attempt to change or to resist the devaluation, not only by denying that the boaster is as good as he thinks he is, but by affirming that one's worth is not as low as is implicitly ...
Albert Pepitone, 2006
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Summa Theologica:
5 - Whether the daughters of vainglory are suitably reckoned to be disobedience, boastfulness, hypocrisy, contention, obstinacy, discord, and love of novelties? Objection 1: It seems that the daughters of vainglory are unsuitably reckoned to be ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOASTFULNESS»

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Flavorwire Premiere: Solvej Schou Takes a Cue from PJ Harvey for …
Harvey, along with the “rock 'n' roll boastfulness of the '60s and '70s,” served as the song's inspiration overall. “Robert Plant would coyly moan, ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
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Church Fathers, Day 349: St. Ephrem the Syrian says learn …
But this was for our sakes, so that he might teach us that whatever treasuries pride enters into, it is by boastfulness that it gains access to them. «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Gratitude: the latest self-help trend that could change your life
And I know that I police my thoughts for smugness or boastfulness with the same severity as I do my words; I can't even express pride in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Battle of Badr: The first of the great battles of Islam
It has come with all its arrogance and boastfulness, trying to discredit Thy Apostle. God, I ask Thee to humiliate them tomorrow. God, if this ... «Khaleej Times, Jul 15»
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Into frying pans and fires
Also, the unsavoury qualities that they are positively dripping with: Arrogance, pride, swagger and boastfulness. Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon ... «Pakistan Today, Jun 15»
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Paul Rankin: Life After Michelin
And, he points out judiciously, “we all go through tough stuff,” adding, with an endearing mix of boastfulness and chagrin, “I had a home run in ... «Hospitality Ireland, Jun 15»
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Nick Clegg's return to radio after being ousted as Deputy PM
... and pique, a living contradiction of victimhood and boastfulness, was striding Westminster's corridors with a posse of aides and bodyguards. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Top 7 Bible Verses About Modesty
... egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions so we can expand the use of the word modesty to include humility, humbleness, and lowliness or ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Durango bear attack, a driver swerves to avoid bees in Montana …
... as if it were a murder investigation, Pool recalled the scene theatrically, with a touch of boastfulness: “I've never seen a deer that big. «High Country News, Jun 15»
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Boastfulness has become a national trait
Sir Henry Cecil, the great racehorse trainer, was a master of the art of understatement. Channel 4, in a moving profile last weekend, described ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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