Boasting and Vain

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Boasting

Boasting noun - Speaking of yourself in superlatives.
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Vain and boasting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vain" instead an adjective "Boasting".
Nearby Words: boast, boastful, boasted, boaster, boastfully

Vain

Vain adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
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Boasting and vain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boasting" instead an adjective "Vain".
Nearby Words: vainly, vainness

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  • Commedia dell'Arte Gaston: Il Capitano (vain, boasting antagonist who lusts for Belle)
    Source: Commedia dell'Arte
  • Beauty to Beast This is named for the fable of "Beauty and the Beast", and since then this trope is closely associated with the Aesop of the vain losing their beauty for boasting of it, and only getting it back if they become humble.
    Source: Beauty to Beast
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