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boastive

boastive adjective: boastful; presumptuous.

Adjective

boastive (comparative more boastive, superlative most boastive)

  1. (archaic) boastful; presumptuous

Forms of boastive

comparativemore boastive
superlativemost boastive

Origin of boastive

From boast + -ive?

Questions about boastive

What does boastive mean?
Boastive means boastful; presumptuous.
What part of speech is boastive?
Boastive is an adjective.

Words near boastive in the dictionary

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

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