Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
arrogance arrogancy | the state of being arrogant. |
arrogant | overly convinced of one's own worth or importance > ARROGANTLY. |
biggety | conceited. |
biggity | conceited > BIGGITIER, BIGGITIEST.TR> |
bighead | a conceited person. |
bigheaded | conceited > BIGHEADEDLY. |
bigheadedness | the state of being BIGHEADED. |
bigmouth | a loud conceited person. |
blowhard | a boaster. |
boast | to talk conceitedly. |
boaster | one that boasts. |
boastful | given to boasting > BOASTFULLY. |
boastfulness | the state of being BOASTFUL. |
boastless | without boasting or ostentation. |
brag | to boast. |
bragadisme | = BRAGGARTISM, boastfulness. |
braggadocio | swagger, braggartry. |
braggart | a boaster. |
braggartism | boastfulness. |
braggartly | like a BRAGGART, boastful. |
bragger | one who brags. |
braggingly | in a bragging fashion. |
braggy | boastful, tending to brag > BRAGGIER, BRAGGIEST. |
bravado | boastful threatening; an ostentatious display of bravery > BRAVADOS or BRAVADOES; (verb) to show bravado > BRAVADOES, BRAVADOING, BRAVADOED. |
bucko | a swaggerer, a domineering bully > BUCKOES or BUCKOS. |
bumptious | offensively conceited or self-assertive > BUMPTIOUSLY. |
bumptiousness | the state of being BUMPTIOUS. |
cockalorum | a boastful and self-important person. [Poss. from Flemish kockeloeren, to crow. Dates back to 1715 when it was used to describe the Marquis of Huntly, son of the Duke of Gordon who was himself known as the "Cock of the North"]. |
cockiness | the state of being cocky. |
cocksure | perfectly confident > COCKSURELY. |
cocksy | bumptious, self-assured > COCKSIER, COCKSIEST. |
cocky | bumptious, self-assured > COCKIER, COCKIEST; COCKILY. (Noun) (Aust. sl.) a small farmer > COCKIES. |
conceited | having a good opinion of oneself > CONCEITEDLY. |
conceitedness | the state of being CONCEITED. |
conceitless | without conceit. |
conceity | characterized by conceit. |
coxcomb | a foolishly vain or conceited man. |
coxcombic | of or like a COXCOMB. |
coxcombry | the manners of a COXCOMB; foppishness. |
coxiness | the state of being COXY. |
coxy | bumptious, self-assured > COXIER, COXIEST. |
egotism | self-conceit. |
egotist | a conceited person. |
egotistic egotistical | like an EGOTIST > EGOTISTICALLY. |
fanfaron | an empty boaster. [Sp. fanfarrón]. |
fanfaronade | empty boasting, bluster. |
figjam | (Aust. sl.) a conceited person. |
gach | to behave boastfully > GACHES, GACHING, GACHED. |
gacher | a boaster. |
gatch | to behave boastfully > GATCHES, GATCHING, GATCHED. |
gatcher | a boaster. |
gauch | to behave boastfully > GAUCHES, GAUCHING, GAUCHED. |
gaucher | a boaster > GAUCHERS. |
gascon | a braggart. |
gasconade | boasting, bravado; (verb) to boast. |
gasconader | a great boaster; a blusterer. |
gasconism | boastfulness. |
haughty | arrogant > HAUGHTIER, HAUGHTIEST; HAUGHTILY. |
humblebrag | to make a statement that purports to be self-effacing but in fact reveals a person's wealth or importance. |
jackanapes | an impudent child; a conceited fellow > JACKANAPESES. N.B. no JACKANAPE*. |
jactation | boasting; also, the act of throwing. |
killcow | a bully, a swaggerer. |
loudmouth | a person who speaks loudly and is opinionated. |
opinionated opinioned | full of one's own opinions. |
opinionist | one fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions. |
outboast | to surpass in boasting. |
outbrag | to surpass in bragging. |
outvaunt | to surpass in vaunting >. |
paughty | haughty > PAUGHTIER, PAUGHTIEST. |
popinjay | a strutting supercilious conceited person; orig. a parrot. |
princock princox | an arrogant effeminate fellow; a coxcomb. |
rhodomontade rodomontade | a bragging speech; vain boasting or bluster; (verb) to boast, rant. |
showboater | one who behaves in an ostentatious manner to show off. |
showoff | one given to pretentious display. |
skite | to boast. |
surquedry surquedy | arrogance; haughty pride. |
swaggerer | one who swaggers. |
swanker | one who swanks. |
swankpot | a show-off. |
swasher | one who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. |
swellhead | a conceited person. |
swellheaded | conceited. |
swellheadedness | the state of being SWELLHEADED. |
thrasonic thrasonical | given to or marked by boasting and bragging > THRASONICALLY. [L. Thraso, a braggart soldier in the comedy Eunuchus by Terence]. |
unboastful | not boastful. |
uppity | conceited, haughty > UPPITIER, UPPITIEST. |
vain | conceited > VAINER, VAINEST; VAINLY. |
vainglory | idle boastfulness; (verb) to boast vainly > VAINGLORIES, VAINGLORYING, VAINGLORIED. |
vanitied | having VANITY. |
vanity | inflated pride in oneself. |
vaunt | to boast, act boastfully. |
vaunter | one who boasts, vaunts. |
vauntery | vaunting, boasting. |
vauntful | given to vaunting or boasting. |
vauntie vaunty | boastful, vain > VAUNTIER, VAUNTIEST. |
vauntingly | in a boastful manner. |
vaunty | see VAUNTIE. |
vawntie | boastful, vain > VAWNTIER, VAWNTIEST. |