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boastings

boastings is the plural of boasting.

Meaning of boasting

Noun

boasting (plural boastings)

  1. (uncountable) The making of boasts.
  2. An individual boast or bout of boasting.
    • Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.1849, Elizabeth Wilson, A Scriptural View of Woman's Rights and Duties, page 367

Questions about boastings

What is boastings the plural of?
Boastings is the plural of boasting.

Words near boastings in the dictionary

  1. boastfulness
  2. boastfulnesses
  3. boastin'
  4. boasting
  5. boastingly
  6. boastings
  7. boastive
  8. boastless
  9. boastly
  10. boasts
  11. boastsome

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