mindmap root((自夸)) boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration: ready to ~ of every trivial success; but it may imply proper and justifiable pride: the town ~s one of the best hospitals in the area. brag suggests conceit, crudity, and artlessness in glorifying oneself: boys ~ging to each other. vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity and naivete than brag: used the occasion to ~ the country’s military might. crow usually implies exultant boasting or blatant bragging: loved to ~ about his triumphs.