Usually means: Excessively proud or bragging behavior.
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  1. boastive: Wordnik
  2. boastive: Wiktionary
  3. Boastive: Dictionary.com
  4. Boastive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. boastive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Boastive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. boastive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. boastive: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Boastive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) boastful; presumptuous

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boastfull, boastful, overboastful, boastsome, glorious, braggish, brag, braggart, swaggering, braggatory, more...

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boastfull, boastful, overboastful, boastsome, glorious, braggish, brag, braggart, swaggering, braggatory, more...



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