boastful
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At press briefings and public events, the former television host has adopted an at times boastful, mocking tone in describing the offensive.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
And the jazzy “Robbery,” a boastful number about dominating the competition and coming out on top, has musical references to Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington and features rapper Doechii.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2024
He is beyond boastful, talking ad nauseum about how he knows more than all the experts in their respective fields.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024
The top brass also remembered all too well how Yardley’s boastful book had made Japan dump its old codes and ciphers, then create much harder ones.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing boastful
ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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