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Definition: Boasting |
BoastingNoun1. Speaking of yourself in superlatives. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "boasting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To hear boasting in your dreams, you will sincerely regret an impulsive act, which will cause trouble to your friends. To boast to a competitor, foretells that you will be unjust, and will use dishonest means to overcome competition. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: BoastingSynonyms: boast (n), jactitation (n), self-praise (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Noun: affectation; affectedness; Adjective: acting a part; Verb: pretense; (falsehood), (ostentation); boasting. |
Boasting | Noun: boasting; Verb: boast, vaunt, crake; pretense, pretensions; puff, puffery; flourish, fanfaronade; gasconade; blague, bluff, gas; highfalutin, highfaluting; hot air, spread-eagleism; brag, braggardism; bravado, bunkum, buncombe; jactancy; bounce; venditation, vaporing, rodomontade, bombast, fine talking, tall talk, magniloquence, teratology, heroics; Chauvinism; exaggeration. |
Adjective: boasting; Verb: magniloquent, flaming, Thrasonic, stilted, gasconading, braggart, boastful, pretentious, soi-disant; vainglorious; (conceited); highfalutin, highfaluting; spread-eagle. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Boasting |
| English words defined with "boasting": Blague, Blattering, bluster, Boastance, Boastingly, Boastless, Bobance, braggadocio ♦ exhibitionist, exhibitionistic ♦ Fanfaronade ♦ Jactancy, Jactitation of marriage ♦ Quackish ♦ rhodomontade, Rodomont, rodomontade ♦ To boast one's self ♦ Vauntful. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "boasting": ATKINS ♦ Blood of the Grograms ♦ penis war, Porcus, Proudfute ♦ Sing Out. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "boasting": Bobance. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | British valour and Yankee boasting or, Shannon versus Chesapeake / G. Cruikshank fect. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Shakespeare | Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, "The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it." |
Sidney J. Harris | Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. |
Thomas Jefferson | We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. |
Young | Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. |
Zimmermann | Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Her father was a brutal, boasting old professor of mathematics, never married, and a rake, despite his years |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | HCMC is the country’s IT education center, with 10 IT programs in its universities boasting 9,980 students and 160 lecturers. (references) | |
Most observers agree that the richest of Vietnam’s resources is its population, the twelfth largest in the world at 78 million, demographically one of the youngest in Asia (fully one-half are under the age of 25), and boasting a basic literacy rate of over 90%. Providing Vietnam’s students and workers with solid science, technology, and management education, with foreign language skills, and with up-to-date vocational training is the key to creating a globally competitive work force to drive economic development. (references) | ||
Economic History | Russia | Tula is the only Russian region boasting completely digitized telecommunication. (references) |
Bahrain | Bahrain International Airport, with a new terminal and boasting more than 35 airlines, is considered a gateway to the region. (references) | |
Bahrain | Airport: Bahrain International Airport, with a new terminal and boasting more than 35 airlines, is considered a gateway to the region. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Such is the spectacle which the deputed authorities of a nation boasting its religion and morality have not been restrained from presenting to an enlightened age. |
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| "Boasting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.78% of the time. "Boasting" is used about 134 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.78% | 127 | 28,395 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.22% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "boasting": teraflops-boasting. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
boasting france hotel in | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "boasting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lëvdatë (gasconade, Laud, plaudit, praise). (various references) | |
Chinese | 吹嘘 (Boast, Boasted). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylvästely (swanking). (various references) | |
French | vantant, fanfaronnade (boastfulness). (various references) | |
German | prahlend (bragging), aufschneidend. (various references) | |
Greek | μεγαλορρημοσύνη (bombast), μεγαλοστομία (big mouth, big talk, bombast), λεονταρισμοί (bravado, hectoring, swaggering). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "תפארות (boastfulness, vaunt), "תאמרות (bragging, vaunting), "ת'אות (arrogance), "ת'"לות (grandiosity, haughtiness), "תרברבות (conceit, haughtiness, vanity), "ת פחות (distention, inflating, puffing up, swell, swelling). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bual (bubbling over), debos, aksi (action, bragging, lawsuit, pretense). (various references) | |
Italian | vanteria (boast, brag, braggadocio, vaunt). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 能書き (advertising the excellence of one's wares), 誇称 (exaggeration), 高言 (bragging, talking big), 豪語 (bombast), 広言 (bragging, talking big), 大言壮語 (big talk, bragging). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たい'"そう" (big talk, bragging), のうがき (advertising the excellence of one's wares), "う" (bombast), "しょう (accident, break-down, call by name, calling out, exaggeration, failure, lakes and marshes, old name, out of order, page, pepper), "う'" (a wide plain or field, antigen, bragging, declaration, flattery, light source, plateau, profession, protest, tableland, talking big, wilderness). (various references) | |
Korean | 자랑 (Boast, Bragging, Priding). (various references) | |
Manx | jannoo boggys (boast, brag, exult), boggysid, boggysaght (boastfulness), boasteilys (bragging, vainglory), boasteilagh (boaster, bragging, vainglorious), boasteil (boast, brag). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oastingbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bazófia (bragging, leavings, leftovers, swagger, vaunt), alarde (flaunt, ostentation, shew, show, splurge, vaunt). (various references) | |
Romanian | lãudãros (blusterer, boaster, boastful, bouncer, braggart, bragging, flaunty, Hector). (various references) | |
Scottish | ballart, b rraisg, spleadh (a splay foot, flattering, ostentation, romance), sgleò (dimness of the eyes, false report, film, misery, romancing, vapour), sgeilm, aibheis (sea). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | samohvalisanje, razmetanje (boast, braggadocio, ostentation, splurge, strut, vaunt), hvalisanje (bluster, brag, braggadocio, braggery, bragging, fanfaronade, gasconade, jactation, jactitation, ostentation, vaunt). (various references) | |
Spanish | parada (check, detention, halt, lieu, parade, Parry, pen, pull up, rank, relay, save, stake, stand, standstill, stop, stoping, stoppage, stopping place), jactancia (boast, boastfulness, brag, jactation, swagger, vaunt), alardes (jive). (various references) | |
Turkish | palavra (applesauce, baloney, boloney, bounce, braggadocio, bragging, bunk, bunkum, claptrap, cock and bull story, eyewash, fish story, flubdub, flummery, gaff, hot air, jazz, lie, palaver, talkee-talkee, tall story), övünme (big talk, blow, boast, bounce, brag, bragging, egotism, gas, rodomontade, self praise, vaunt). (various references) | |
Turkmen | цwьnjeсlik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хвастощі (blow, blowing, boast, bounce, brag, braggery, bravadoes, display, flash, gasconade, jactation, jactitation, ostent, ostentation, rodomontade). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gloria, gloriae, gloriam, gloriatio, iactantia, iactantiam. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gylp. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | mahjas. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | bravata. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | bravade. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 3, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Pou oun h kauchsiV exekleisqh dia poiou nomou twn ergwn ouci alla dia nomou pistewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ubi est ergo gloriatio exclusa est per quam legem factorum non sed per legem fidei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hwær forðy is seo gielpnes? Heo tellað to nahte. For hwy? For þære gehealding þære æ? Na, ac for geleafan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Where thanne is thi gloriyng? It is excludid. Bi what lawe? Of dedis doyng? Nay, but by the lawe of feith. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Where is then thy reioysinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? by ye lawe of workes? Naye: but by the lawe of fayth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 3, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Nan, hain na man ang atong pagpagarbo? Gipalagpot na sa gawas. Pinasikad sa unsang lagda? Sa lagda ba sa mga buhat? Dili, hinonoa pinasikad sa lagda sa pagtoo. |
| Croatian | Gdje je dakle hvastanje? Iskljuèeno je. Po kojem zakonu? Po zakonu djela? Ne, nego po zakonu vjere. |
| Danish | Hvor er så vor Ros? Den er udelukket. Ved hvilken Lov? Gerningernes? Nej, men ved Troens Lov. |
| Dutch | Waar is dan de roem? Hij is uitgesloten. Door wat wet? Der werken? Neen, maar door de wet des geloofs. |
| Finnish | Missä siis on kerskaaminen? Se on suljettu pois. Minkä lain kautta? Tekojenko lain? Ei, vaan uskon lain kautta. |
| German | Wo bleibt nun der Ruhm? Er ist ausgeschlossen. Durch das Gesetz? Durch der Werke Gesetz? Nicht also, sondern durch des Glaubens Gesetz. |
| Hungarian | Hol van tehát a dicsekedés? Kirekesztetett. Mely törvény által? A cselekedeteké által? Nem; hanem a hit törvénye által. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Oleh karena itu tidak ada lagi alasan bagi kita untuk berbangga-bangga. Mengapa demikian? Apakah karena kita melakukan yang tercantum dalam hukum agama Yahudi? Bukan. Tetapi karena kita percaya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau begitu, di manakah kemegahan itu? Itu sudah ditolak. Atas hukum manakah? Atas hukum melakukan syariat Tauratkah? Bukan, melainkan atas hukum iman. |
| Italian | Dove sta dunque il vanto? Esso è stato escluso! Da quale legge? Da quella delle opere? No, ma dalla legge della fede. |
| Latvian | Kur paliek tava diþoðanâs? Tâ ir izslçgta. Ar kâdu likumu? Darbiem? Nç, bet ar ticîbas likumu. |
| Maori | Na, kei hea te whakamanamana? Kua araia atu. E tehea ritenga ture? e to nga mahi? Kahore: engari e te ture o te whakapono. |
| Norwegian | Hvor er så vår ros? Den er utelukket. Ved hvilken lov? Gjerningenes? Nei, ved troens lov. |
| Portuguese | Onde está logo a jactância? Foi excluída. Por que lei? Das obras? Não; mas pela lei da fé. |
| Rumanian | Unde este dar pricina de laudq? S`a dus. Prin ce fel de lege? A faptelor? Nu; ci prin legea credinyei. |
| Shuar | Nújainkia ii pénker ajasjinia nu "winia kakarmarjai Túrunajai" Tíchamnia asar ¿nankaamantu Enentáimtumarminkaitiaj~i? Penkesha. Warí, akupkamu umitsuk aya Kristu nekas Enentáimtakrin Yus "pénkeraitme" Túramji. |
| Swahili | Basi, tunaweza kujivunia nini? Hakuna! Kwa nini? Je, kwa sababu ya kutimiza Sheria? La! Bali kwa sababu tunaamini. |
| Swedish | Huru bliver det då med vår berömmelse? Den är utestängd. Genom vilken lag? Månne genom en gärningarnas lag? Nej, genom en trons lag. |
| Uma | Jadi', uma-pi ria ohea-ta mpomolangko nono-ta. Apa' Alata'ala uma mpotarima-ta ngkai po'ingku-ta to lompe'. Natarima-tale, ngkai pepangala' -ta hi Pue' Yesus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "boasting": outboasting. (additional references) | |
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"Boasting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badastan, Batastini, beastling, biopsying, Boustany. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "boasting" (pronounced bō"sting) |
| 5 | -ō" s t i ng | coasting, hosting, posting, roasting, toasting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, rusting, suggesting, tasting, testing, thrusting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: boatings. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-g-i-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: agonist, bagnios, basting, bastion, boating, bonitas, gabions, gitanos, obtains. | |
-2 letters: bagnio, basing, basion, bating, batons, bigots, bingos, biogas, bionts, biotas, bogans, bonita, bonsai, gabion, gainst, giants, gibson, gitano, gobans, ingots, obtain, sating, stingo, tangos, tigons, tongas. | |
-3 letters: agios, agist, agons, angst, antis, baits, bangs, basin, baton, bigot, bingo, bints, biont, biota, bison, boast. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-g-i-n-o-s-t" | |
+2 letters: abiogenist, botanising, sabotaging. | |
+3 letters: abiogenists, abnegations, abrogations, geobotanies, geobotanist, iceboatings, obfuscating, obligations, outbargains, outboasting, sailboating, showboating, subjugation, subrogating, subrogation, subtotaling, tobogganist. | |
+4 letters: absolutizing, amblygonites, backstopping, barnstorming, bastinadoing, broadcasting, geobotanists, haptoglobins, interrobangs, objurgations, sailboatings, speedboating, starboarding, subjugations, subrogations, subtotalling, thingamabobs, tobogganings, tobogganists, urbanologist. | |
+5 letters: antibourgeois, antiglobulins, boatbuildings, bootstrapping, brainstorming, conglobations, motorboatings, skateboarding, speedboatings, storyboarding, subgeneration, subirrigation, subordinating, urbanologists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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