braggart
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- braggartism noun
- braggartly adverb
Etymology
Origin of braggart
Example Sentences
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Filmmakers picked up on her eccentric, mannered style and the so-called “Maggie Smith character” — the class-fixated braggart she perfected — was born.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 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 taped it the way a braggart might.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021
“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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