How to spell boast

Boast is spelled B-O-A-S-T.

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What it means: To speak with too much pride about oneself.

In a sentence: The peacock likes to boast about his beautiful feathers.

Same family: boasts, boasted, boasting, boastful, brag. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Boast comes from Middle English and probably from an Old French word meaning ‘to praise or speak proudly.’ Over time, it kept the idea of proud talk, but in modern English it can sound either negative (showing off) or neutral when used in marketing or advertising.

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