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# boasting

verb, -ing form of «boast» (boast, boasts, boasted, boasting); noun (boasting — no plural)

«boasting» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Talking too proudly about yourself, what you have or what you can do, to make others feel smaller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#m1)
2. (noun) The act of talking like this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons on feelings and friendship, boasting is seen as unkind or annoying: it is fine to be proud, but showing off makes others feel bad. In stories and fables, a boastful character (like the hare in «The Tortoise and the Hare») often learns a lesson. Phrases: «boast about», «stop boasting», «nothing to boast about».

### Examples

- Stop boasting about your new bike! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x1)
- He kept boasting that he was the fastest runner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x2)
- The hare was boasting, so he took a nap and lost the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x3)
- Nobody likes boasting at the lunch table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x4)
- She won the prize but didn't go around boasting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x5)
- "I'm the best!" he said, boasting again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x6)
- Boasting about grades can hurt your friends' feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x7)
- My score is nothing to boast about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x8)
- Then the Warlock began boasting again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/#x9)

### Note

Base verb «boast». The adjective is «boastful». Similar: «brag», «show off». Opposite: being modest or humble. Being proud and saying thank you when praised is not boasting; repeating how great you are is.

## In Jewish tradition

Proud, empty talk. In Job and Jeremiah it is shown to be hollow and useless.

**Interpretation.** Read as a warning that big words do not make a person right, and God sees through them.

### Examples

- Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words? (Writings JOB.41.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boasting/#x1)
- I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded. (Prophets JER.48.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boasting/#x2)
- Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed; (Writings JOB.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boasting/#x3)

### Note

Base verb «boast». The adjective is «boastful». Similar: «brag», «show off». Opposite: being modest or humble. Being proud and saying thank you when praised is not boasting; repeating how great you are is.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boasting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boasting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «boasting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boasting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boasting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/boasting.html) on Mova free.