It’s unpleasant when a person asks. We are all in the stream of life, we are all parts of it. Therefore, when one says that he is better than the others, then it warps. It turns out that the language has a special name for this behavior. Let us analyze the verb “boast” today, it will be interesting not only from a linguistic, but also from a psychological point of view.
History
Not only is the word rare, it also has an entertaining origin. One source says that “kichyti” comes from the word “kyka” - hair on the head. So, boasting is “raising a forelock”. Over time, the word was reinterpreted and came closer in meaning to another phraseological unit - “to lift one’s nose”.
Another source agrees with a colleague regarding the hair on the head, but the verb is given a slightly different meaning: “decorate your head with something,” it can be a forelock, braid, or headgear. Now, they would probably say that the crown is suitable here, but these are our interpretations, that is, later interpretations. Thus, as is usually the case in such cases, at first there was a certain completely harmless physical action, and then the meaning became metaphorical and turned into "boast, be proud."
The meaning of the word and the causes of the phenomenon
I wonder how much the explanatory dictionary agrees with my colleagues? We’ll find out right now: to boast is to “boast, proudly be extolled”. Yes, there are no particular discrepancies between dictionaries.
But it is not so difficult to understand the meaning of the word, how then to unravel the meaning of the phenomenon. In other words, why do people behave this way? This question has many answers, and none can be considered final. Let's look at the options:
- Somewhere deep down, a person lacks confidence in his own abilities and arrogance acts as something that encourages him.
- A person lacks upbringing, which means modesty, so as not to assert itself against the background of less successful brothers.
- Someone lacks the mind to understand the relativity or worthlessness of their successes and not ask themselves.
- From nature a bad character and from birth given superiority (wealth, origin or other benefits).
We have given the reader four main reasons. If he thinks, and most importantly, reads the material, then perhaps he will have some more ideas on this subject. Let him perceive our hypotheses as one of the probable ones. And we move on.
suggestions
A necessary element of the answer to the question about the meaning “to boast” are examples from ordinary speech that we compose specifically for the reader. Be that as it may, it is still easier to understand the meaning of the word being studied. Let's move on to the suggestions:
- Why not proudly boast? Because today you are on a horse, and tomorrow he already threw you. The possibility of a fall should never be forgotten. And people will definitely remember your arrogant behavior, you should not doubt it.
- Boasting is like asking for a compliment: a woman is excusable, and a man is unworthy.
- The gentleman so persistently demonstrated his cigarette case that he seemed to boast about it.
- The girl was so openly dressed that all men's glances involuntarily settled on her. And she not only did not hesitate, but, it seems, boasted of her forms.
Before moving on to the finals, you need to take an intermediate result. All the previous sections teach the reader some moral lesson that puffiness is a bad phenomenon. Let's not forget that our culture contains Christian values in its foundation, and pride is a sin that takes first place in the list of mortals. Therefore, it is not surprising that the language itself teaches us and dissuades us from arrogance. Of course, whether or not we learn the perversity of the word “boast”, it depends only on our choice.
Synonyms
When a word is complex, but also does not have wide circulation, then its analogues can become irreplaceable assistants. In addition, diversity is needed for the reader to have a choice. Let's look at the list:
- to be proud;
- imagine;
- brag;
- to ask;
- be important.
Of course, not all existing “unworthy” verbs are included in the list. But the rest we leave for independent study. Our task is to give a hint and a vector, but the reader must work somewhere himself, otherwise the training will not be effective enough. Efforts must be made to value the result. And these were synonyms for "boast." It seems that you can put an end to this.