crowing

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crowing

The rooster's crowing woke the farmer at dawn.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Exhibiting self-importance; boastful: Describing someone or their behavior as showing excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements, often in a loud or arrogant manner.

  2. Noun:

    • An instance of boastful talk; a boast: The act of speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • After winning the small award, his crowing attitude annoyed his colleagues.
    • We ignored her crowing comments about her promotion.

  • Noun:

    • His constant crowing about his new car became tiresome.
    • The interview was less about his policies and more about his political crowing.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be crowing over something": To boast or express excessive pride about a particular success or victory.
    • The team was crowing over their decisive win against the rivals.
Variants and Related Words

  • Crow (verb): To utter the characteristic cry of a rooster; to express gleeful triumph.

    • The rooster crows at dawn.
    • He couldn't help but crow about his successful business deal.

  • Crowingly (adverb): In a boastful or triumphant manner.

    • He announced the news crowingly to the whole office.
Synonyms
  • Boastful (adj): Showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements.
  • Bragging (adj/n): Talking boastfully.
  • Vaunting (adj): Speaking boastfully; bragging.
Related Phrases
  • "crow about/over": To boast or talk with excessive pride about something.
    • She's been crowing about her test score all week.
crowing

The rooster's crowing woke the farmer at dawn.

Adjective
  1. exhibiting self-importance
    • big talk
Noun
  1. an instance of boastful talk
    • his brag is worse than his fight
    • whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

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