jactitation

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. (law) a false boast that can harm others;
especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
lie, prevarication
2. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
• Syn:
jactation
• Derivationally related forms:
jactitate
• Topics:
pathology
• Hypernyms:
restlessness, uneasiness, queasiness
3. speaking of yourself in superlatives
• Syn:
boast, boasting, self-praise
• Derivationally related forms:
boast (for: boast)
• Hypernyms:
speech act
• Hyponyms:
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade, braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade,
vaunt, self-assertion

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jactation, boast, boasting, self-praise