braggy

[brag-ee]

adjective

braggier, braggiest 

1. given to or characterized by bragging.

Word History and Origins

Origin of braggy¹

brag ( def. ) + -y ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Written atop a picture of her giving the peace sign in her track gear, it was typical teenage venting: a bit braggy, a bit crude, projecting a sassy confidence that wasn’t truly there.

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This strikes me as braggy and pretentious; do we really need to know her résumé for the purpose of making brunch plans?

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Chadwick recalled one in which his date pounded Long Island iced teas, and turned braggy as she became “grotesquely drunk.”

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Dear Amy: I was interested in the question from “Estranged Sibling,” wondering about sending a braggy Christmas letter to an estranged brother.

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But your joke is braggy and was old before you wrote it.

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