verb
to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments
boasting about all the girl friends he had
Synonyms: blow, brag, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, gasconade, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, vaunt
Related Word: pique, plume, preen, pride, quack; gush, vapor; aggrandize, exalt, glory, triumph; bluster, ||bounce, bully, ruffle, swash, swashbuckle, swagger; flaunt, parade, show off
Idioms: blow one's horn, congratulate oneself, hug oneself, pat oneself on the back
Contrasted words: belittle, decry, degrade, disparage, knock, minimize, run down
Antonyms: depreciate