Answer: boasted

AnswerCrossword Clue
BOASTEDBragged
BOASTEDTooted one's own horn
BOASTEDDid some chest-thumping
BOASTEDLaid it on thick
BOASTEDSang one's own praises
BOASTEDTalked big
BOASTEDCrowed.
BOASTEDExulted.
BOASTEDVaunted
BOASTEDForwent modesty
boastedbragging
boastedBOAST, to brag (to boast)
boastedto speak with excessive pride; brag
boastedto be proud to own
boastedthing boasted (of)
boastedto speak of with excessive pride