brag

[brag]

verb (used without object)

bragged, bragging 

1. to use boastful language; boast.

   He bragged endlessly about his high score.

verb (used with object)

bragged, bragging 

1. to boast of.

   He bragged that he had won.

   Antonyms: depreciate

noun

1. a boast or vaunt.

2. a thing to boast of.

3. a boaster.

4. an old English card game similar to poker.

adjective

1. Archaic.,  unusually fine; first-rate.

brag

/ bræɡ /

verb

1. to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully

noun

1. boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this

2. something boasted of

   his brag was his new car

3. a braggart; boaster

4. a card game: an old form of poker

Other Word Forms

• braggingly adverb
• bragless adjective
• outbrag verb (used with object)
• overbrag verb
• unbragging adjective
• bragging noun
• bragger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brag¹

1350–1400; Middle English brag (noun) ostentation, arrogance, braggen (v.); of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of brag¹

C13: of unknown origin

Synonym Study

See boast ¹.

Example Sentences

Jen claimed in the first season of “Mormon Wives” to be related to the actor through her husband—a brag that turned out to be false.

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Days before, he bragged about stopping a showdown between Azerbaijan and Albania, apparently meaning Armenia.

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The former is bitter, the latter bragging, and it’s a rather bitter, bragging book.

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Republicans are crowing that the shutdown is over; Democrats are bragging they got a reversal of layoffs and a future ObamaCare vote.

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“They were just the pharaoh bragging about himself. Well, it’s getting late. I guess we should start heading home.”

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Related Words

• boast 
• crow 
• gloat