brag

[brag]

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR brag ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used without object), bragged, brag·ging.

to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.

verb (used with object), bragged, brag·ging.

to boast of: He bragged that he had won.

noun

a boast or vaunt.

a thing to boast of.

a boaster.

an old English card game similar to poker.

adjective

Archaic. unusually fine; first-rate.

Origin of brag

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

Related formsbrag·ging·ly, adverbbrag·less, adjectiveout·brag, verb (used with object), out·bragged, out·brag·ging.o·ver·brag, verb, o·ver·bragged, o·ver·brag·ging.un·brag·ging, adjective

Synonym study

1. See boast¹.

Antonyms for brag

2. depreciate.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for bragged

crow, gloat, boast, prate, exult, gasconade, grandstand, rodomontade, mouth, puff, swagger, bluster, shuck, vaunt, showboat, hotdog, jive

Examples from the Web for bragged

Contemporary Examples of bragged

He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence
Jason Berry
January 7, 2015
Zuckerberg himself has bragged that he is able to predict which site members will hook up with whom based on their site activity.
How Four Upstarts Built and Crashed the Anti-Facebook
Jake Whitney
November 12, 2014
Spears, on the other hand, bragged about being a virgin to the media.
Beyoncé Is Our Indigo Girl: The Halcyon '90s and Feminism's Resurgence in Pop Music
Amanda Marcotte
August 26, 2014
Branstad bragged that the state GOP has 11 field offices and new leadership devoted to raising money.
Fight Over the Ground Game in Iowa Could Swing the Senate
Ben Jacobs
August 13, 2014
“I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined,” he bragged to the Marietta Daily Journal.
Your Fake Followers Are Catfishing You: Bacon Mavens, Newt’s Fake Fans, and Other Social Media Scams
Charles Seife
July 3, 2014

Historical Examples of bragged

Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
"It's easy," bragged Herman, and proceeded to demonstrate that statement.
Old Man Curry
Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
He set on the thwart and bragged about what he'd do when he got back to "Petey" again.
Cape Cod Stories
Joseph C. Lincoln
And the way they crowed and bragged about their "finds" wa'n't fit to put in the log.
Cape Cod Stories
Joseph C. Lincoln
He bragged indefatigably of his club and the people whom he met there.
Young Mr. Barter's Repentance
David Christie Murray

British Dictionary definitions for bragged

brag

verb brags, bragging or bragged

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

noun

boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this

something boasted ofhis brag was his new car

a braggart; boaster

a card game: an old form of poker

Derived Formsbragger, nounbragging, noun, adjectivebraggingly, adverb

Word Origin for brag

C13: of unknown origin

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

Word Origin and History for bragged

brag

mid-14c., braggen "to make a loud sound," also "to talk boastfully," of obscure origin, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet, or related to the Middle English adjective brag "ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave" (early 14c.), which probably is from Celtic. Other sources suggest Old Norse bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry." Also cf. braggart for another possibility. Related: Bragged; bragging.

brag

late 14c., "pomp; arrogance, pride;" see brag (v.); the exact relationship of the forms is uncertain. Meaning "that which is boasted" is from 1530s. As a once-popular poker-like card game, from 1734.