Boast
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- (To brag about, to glory in (something), to praise loudly and rashly oneself and one's belongings or actions) boasts (a new school) អេម, អឿ (នឹង)
Example: Nobody could stand being with Bill because he was always boasting about how great he was.
verb — past tense: boasted ; past participle: boasted ; present participle: boasting ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ (aboutof something) (to talk with too much pride and satistaction) ការនិយាយអួតខ្លួន, ទម្លាប់នៃមនុស្សអំនួត, អភិមានៈ, សេចក្ដីឡឺតឬក្រអឺតក្រអោង, He likes to boast អួត, boast of (his strength) អួតអំពី
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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- The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
verb — past tense: boasted ; past participle: boasted ; present participle: boasting ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To display vaingloriously.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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- brag, crow, flaunt, glory, vaunt
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- apologize, deprecate, humble, minimize