braggart

American

[brag-ert] / ˈbræg ərt /

noun

a person who does a lot of bragging.

adjective

bragging; boastful.

braggart British

/ ˈbræɡət /

noun

a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger

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adjective

boastful

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Other Word Forms

braggartism noun
braggartly adverb

Etymology

Origin of braggart

First recorded in 1570–80; brag + -art

Example Sentences

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I don’t mean to sound like a braggart, but I think I should have a special.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

What’s more, in the Spy magazine era, Mr. Trump was just a local nuisance, a braggart presiding over a foundering casino-hotel empire.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

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

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

He was a poser, a braggart, and a tyrant.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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