Lauren Ash

I think we've been programmed from birth to be a certain way - to be demure, to be polite, and to be nice and to not be boastful or braggadocios in all of these things - and it leads to this kind of tragedy. Women spend so much time hating what they look like.

Julian Barnes

Paris is certainly one of the most boastful of cities, and you could argue that it has had a lot to boast about: at various times the European centre of power, of civilisation, of the arts, and (self-advertisingly, at least) of love.

English Writer

Becky Lynch

Mostly for social media, Twitter or Instagram becomes so much more fun when you can be boastful and say whatever you want. You can be so full of yourself and ridiculous when you're a heel.

Irish Athlete

Randall L. Stephenson

Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.

American Businessman

Will Ferrell

I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

American Comedian

Akira Toriyama

For a long time, I've loved the kind of characters who are boastful yet petty. I was originally a gag manga artist, after all.

Japanese Artist

Anthony Rendon

My parents are people who like to stay to themselves. They're quiet. They raised me not to be boastful about anything we do.

American Athlete

Ed Davey

There is nothing triumphant or boastful in the way we mourn the dead and pay our veterans the respect they deserve.

British Politician

Julie Burchill

But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.

British Journalist

Daniel A. D'Aniello

I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.

Using 'boastful' often implies the speaker feels annoyance or disapproval towards someone's behavior.

Negative Emotion

In some cultures, being boastful can be especially frowned upon and seen as lacking humility.

Cultural Sensitivity

Sometimes 'boastful' describes not just spoken words, but also actions that seem to show off.

Not Always Literal

 put the second octopus in, cover it up and leave it alone. Rule There's always an aggressor. There's always one octopus on defense, one on offense. Usually the one that's taking up more space, that's more boastful, definitely the aggressor, most likely the winner of the fight. The loser's pretty obvious.

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