Boasting

  • 111jactitation — index jactation, rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 jactitation …

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  • 112rodomontade — I noun bluster, boastfulness, boasting, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bunkum, embroidery, empty talk, exaggeration, extravagance, fanfaronade, gasconade, hyperbole, inflation, jactitation, ostentation, pretense, pretension,… …

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  • 1132 Corinthians 9 — 1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked… …

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  • 1142 Corinthians 11 — 1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest… …

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  • 115stand — I n. defense 1) to make, put up a stand 2) a last stand position 3) to take a stand 4) a firm, resolute, strong stand 5) a stand on (they took a resolute stand on the issue of tax reform) rack, small table 6) a music stand place taken by a… …

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  • 116talk — I n. address, lecture 1) to give a talk 2) a pep; sales talk 3) a talk about, on (she gave an interesting talk on bringing up children) conversation chatter 4) to have a talk (with) 5) blunt, plain; idle, small; loose; table talk 6) a long talk… …

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  • 117bluster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bravado; braggadocio, boasting; bullying, hectoring; front. v. i. swagger; play the bully, hector, vapor; roar (See loudness). See insolence, threat. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rant, rave, brag, boast,… …

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  • 118bravado — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See boasting, insolence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boasting, bluster, bold front, swagger, vaunting, bragging, gasconade, grandiosity, fanfaronade, bombast, rant, braggadocio, bullying, blowing, puffing …

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  • 119ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

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  • 120pride — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of self worth Nouns 1. pride, hauteur; dignity, self respect, self esteem, self sufficiency, reserve. 2. (sympton of pride) arrogance, insolence; ostentation; vanity, vainglory, crest, airs, high… …

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