| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brag; source of pride |
Synonyms: |
avowal, bluster, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, exaggeration, gasconade, grandiloquence, heroics, joy, pretension, pride, pride and joy, self-satisfaction, swank, treasure, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
deprecation, modesty |
| Main Entry: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, jubilance, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, pride and joy, prize, rapture, ravishment, refreshment, regalement, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder |
Antonyms: |
sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; best |
Synonyms: |
boast, choice, cream, elite, fat, flower*, gem*, glory, jewel*, pick, pride and joy, prime, prize, top* |
Antonyms: |
disgrace |
| Main Entry: | treasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prized possession or entity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, apple of one's eye, cache, capital, cash, catch*, darling, find, fortune, funds, gem, gold, hoard, jewel, money, nest egg, nonpareil, paragon, pearl, pile*, plum, pride and joy, prize, reserve, riches, richness, store, treasure trove, valuable, wealth |
| Main Entry: | gasconade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boast |
Synonyms: |
avowal, bluster, bombast, brag, braggadocio, bravado, exaggeration, fanfaronade, grandiloquence, heroics, joy, pretension, pride, pride and joy, rodomontade, self-satisfaction, swank, treasure, vaunt |
| Concept: | Pride. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Vergil]., pride; haughtiness; high notions, hauteur; vainglory, crest; arrogance (assumption)., proud man, highflier; fine gentleman, fine lady.
-verbs
be proud; put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, "bear like the Turk no rival near the throne" [Pope], carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs (assume); boast., pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself (vanity).
-adjectives
dignified; stately; proud, proud-crested; lordly, baronial; lofty-minded; highsouled, high-minded, high-mettled, high-handed, high-plumed, high-flown, high-toned., haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as a peacock, proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride., supercilious, disdainful, bumptious, magisterial, imperious, high and mighty, overweening, consequential; arrogant; unblushing., stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait- laced; prim (affected)., on one's dignity, on one's high horses,on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes; on stilts; en grand seigneur.
-adverbs
with head erect.
-phrases
odi profanum vulgus et arceo [Horace].
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Antonyms: |
humility |
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