braggart
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- braggartism noun
- braggartly adverb
Etymology
Origin of braggart
Explanation
If you know someone who is a real show off and is always bragging about how great they are, then you might call this boaster a braggart. Braggart is a pejorative word, which means it is used as an insult, so you shouldn’t call your boss or your teacher a braggart — unless you’re looking for trouble. Braggart is similar to other pejoratives like blowhard or bigmouth. Braggarts are characterized by talking loudly (usually in praise of themselves, their possessions, or their accomplishments) and are quick to assert their superiority over others.
Vocabulary lists containing braggart
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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Example Sentences
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In Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” buffoonish actors play “the pedant, the braggart, the hedge priest, the fool, and the boy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
He comes across as an insecure braggart in the indictment, a man desperate to cling to his status after an embarrassing fall from power.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2023
"He was just some braggart saying, 'I'm D.B. Cooper,' you know?"
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2022
Sonny Barger, 83, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, died Wednesday at his home in California.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022
“A braggart of a man,” her father said after the landlord left, and then he said nothing else.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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