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# boaster

«boaster» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who boasts: someone who talks too proudly about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a boaster, boasters)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who boasts: someone who talks too proudly about what they have or can do, often making it bigger than it really is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A proud person who trusts in himself instead of God. The Psalms and Jeremiah say God will not accept or save such people. Interpretation: Seen as a person who forgets that all strength comes from God, so pride is called a sin. In the primary lessons: In stories and lessons on hyperbole, a boaster exaggerates to look important, and the story often shows him being caught out, as in fables. Related: «boast», «boastful», «show-off», «big-head» (UK informal), «bragger».

### examples

- The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (Writings PSA.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x1)
- A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. (Prophets JER.50.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x2)
- Nobody believed the boaster who said he could run faster than a car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x3)
- Toad was a terrible boaster in «The Wind in the Willows». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x4)
- Don't be a boaster — let your work speak for itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x5)
- The boaster said he had a hundred pets, but he only had a goldfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x6)
- In the fable, the boaster bragged about jumping far, and the town asked him to show them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x7)
- A boaster often uses words like «the best ever» and «millions». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x8)
- My cousin is a bit of a boaster about his football goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x9)
- The loud-mouthed boaster does not impress nor frighten those who know him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/#x10)

### note

Countable; plural «boasters». Verb «boast (boasts, boasted)», adjective «boastful». More common words: «show-off», «bragger». A boaster's numbers are often exaggerated, so in a problem do not trust them as exact.

### In the corpora

- [The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.46/)
- [So there are two traps: believing every boast, or calling the boaster a liar and starting a fight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/3/)
- [Carroll often takes a big saying and makes it really happen; Grahame gives us Toad, the greatest boaster on the river bank.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/1/)
- [Aristotle said the boaster claims more than is true and the falsely modest claim less; the truthful person is in the middle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boaster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boaster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.