braggart

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/ ˈbræg ərt /

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noun

a person who does a lot of bragging.

adjective

bragging; boastful.

OTHER WORDS FOR braggart

bragger, boaster; blow-hard.

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Origin of braggart

First recorded in 1570–80; brag + -art

OTHER WORDS FROM braggart

brag·gart·ism, nounbrag·gart·ly, adverb

Words nearby braggart

Braga, Bragdon, Bragg, braggadocio, braggadocious, braggart, bragger, bragging rights, Bragg scattering, Bragg's law, braggy

How to use braggart in a sentence

In some senses, You is what you might get if Curb Your Enthusiasm’s “social assassin” Larry David were a literal assassin, violently vanquishing braggarts and navel gazers and empty-headed trend chasers of every variety.
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Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, who probably is the smartest person on her block, has fun in her latest video skewering the scientific braggart.
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Sometimes being a great braggart isn’t about how much money you got.
Busta Rhymes’ Teaches the Art of Bragging in This Week’s The Playlist|cmurray|December 4, 2020|Essence.com
It seems the braggart was unaware of the changes in the law.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One of us had even claimed to be present at Castra Regina, although we mainly considered him a braggart.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In the book, Alice is a smug, Victorian braggart who loves nothing more than showing off her knowledge.
Alice, Bratty in Wonderland|Nicole LaPorte|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He had never been a braggart; his hostility had always been lazy and cynical.
The Three Partners|Bret Harte
Richard sent a shaft through the very heart of this braggart Turk.
With Spurs of Gold|Frances Nimmo Greene
But the Huguenot generals evidently imagined that there was nothing in the speech beyond the prating of a silly braggart.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
She would not marry a coward or a braggart, even if he were the owner of ten thousand acres.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V|John Lord
Perhaps it was for the cowardice he had displayed in action, for he was an arrant coward and braggart.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for braggart

braggart

/ (ˈbræɡət) /

noun

a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger

adjective

boastful

Word Origin for braggart

C16: see brag

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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