bragged; bragging
: to talk boastfully
always bragging about his success
: to assert boastfully
bragged that she was the faster runner on her team
Synonyms
Noun
- bluster
- bombast
- braggadocio
- bull [slang]
- cockalorum
- fanfaronade
- gas
- gasconade
- grandiloquence
- hot air
- magniloquence
- rant
- rodomontade
- rhodomontade
Verb
Adjective
- A-OK
- A1
- awesome
- bang-up
- banner
- beautiful
- blue-chip
- blue-ribbon
- boffo
- bonny [chiefly British]
- bonnie
- boss [slang]
- brave
- bully
- bumper
- capital
- choice
- classic
- cool [slang]
- corking
- crackerjack
- cracking
- dandy
- divine
- dope [slang]
- down [slang]
- dynamite
- excellent
- fab
- fabulous
- famous
- fantabulous [slang]
- fantastic
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- four-star
- frontline
- gangbusters
- gangbuster
- gilt-edged
- gilt-edge
- gone [slang]
- grand
- great
- groovy
- heavenly
- high-class
- hot
- hype [slang]
- immense
- jim-dandy
- keen
- lovely
- marvelous
- marvellous
- mean
- neat
- nifty
- noble
- number one
- No. 1
- numero uno
- out-of-sight [slang]
- par excellence
- peachy
- peachy keen
- phat [slang]
- prime
- primo [slang]
- prize
- prizewinning
- quality
- radical [slang]
- righteous [slang]
- sensational
- slick
- splendid
- stellar
- sterling
- superb
- superior
- superlative
- supernal
- swell
- terrific
- tip-top
- top
- top-notch
- top-of-the-line
- top-shelf
- topflight
- topping [chiefly British]
- unsurpassed
- wizard [chiefly British]
- wonderful
Examples of brag in a Sentence
Noun
for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little
he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns
Verb
After winning the race, she couldn't stop bragging.
“I don't mean to brag,” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.”
He bragged that his daughter was the best student in her class.
“I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged.
Adjective
he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car
Recent Examples on the Web
Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
Enter LinkedIn, the brag board of choice for the white-collar worker.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
Freeze explained his decision with a tremendous humble brag.
—Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 20 July 2023
Hugh Freeze explains a mature decision with a humble brag
The days of head coaches turning over play-calling duties completely to an offensive coordinator and not monitoring those calls probably ended with the 1997 Iron Bowl.
—Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 20 July 2023
People on TikTok brag about being mistaken for being underage due to their religious sunscreen application.
—Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 July 2023
Team DeSantis has tried to turn a stumble into a brag.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
This is not a brag.
—Joe Ray, Wired, 3 Jan. 2021
None of this is meant as a brag.
—Swapna Krishna, Wired, 27 Dec. 2021
Libby Cathey, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
This week-long prelude to the event underscored the athletes' quest for bragging rights.
—Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Some of those brackets are just for bragging rights, but some will have an office money pool associated with them.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Elsewhere in the complaint, Phillips says West bragged about spending $2 million of the school’s budget on a trip to Paris, and that he was forced to do dangerous electrical wire work in the rain.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
That doesn’t mean Davis, 58, has nothing to brag about.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Democrats were also able to brag about their own wins, hailing a new $1 billion investment in child care and Head Start, an early childhood development program for low-income families.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Indeed, Trian used to brag about how companies with Peltz on their board outperformed the S&P 500 during Peltz’s board tenure.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Erica Cloud Clients: Robert Downey Jr., Awkwafina She has bragging rights for life thanks to her client and Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr., who acknowledged the L.A. stylist in his best actor acceptance speech.
—Carol McColgin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
Now, after the latest iteration of Kellyoke on the Kelly Clarkson Show, the host can add performing the knockout collaboration live alongside the country icon herself to her list of brag-worthy accomplishments.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2022
This will also give you a brag bank to pull from when the interviewer asks you to articulate your strengths.
—Dominique Law, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
The Wild Insulated Water Bottle Allow us to humble-brag about The Wild water bottle with the cool logo of the L.A. Times newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
Extremely familiar forays into bass-heavy brag rap, whooshing R&B, and Afrobeats break up the slog.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2021
Lays down brag-worthy numbers, draws every eye, amazing value.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020
Noun
Folks in it share photos and videos of themselves at games and offer brag posts.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
Enter LinkedIn, the brag board of choice for the white-collar worker.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
Freeze explained his decision with a tremendous humble brag.
—Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 20 July 2023
Hugh Freeze explains a mature decision with a humble brag
The days of head coaches turning over play-calling duties completely to an offensive coordinator and not monitoring those calls probably ended with the 1997 Iron Bowl.
—Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 20 July 2023
People on TikTok brag about being mistaken for being underage due to their religious sunscreen application.
—Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 July 2023
Team DeSantis has tried to turn a stumble into a brag.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
This is not a brag.
—Joe Ray, Wired, 3 Jan. 2021
None of this is meant as a brag.
—Swapna Krishna, Wired, 27 Dec. 2021
Verb
Donald Trump bragged about getting rid of Roe v. Wade.
—Libby Cathey, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
This week-long prelude to the event underscored the athletes' quest for bragging rights.
—Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Some of those brackets are just for bragging rights, but some will have an office money pool associated with them.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Elsewhere in the complaint, Phillips says West bragged about spending $2 million of the school’s budget on a trip to Paris, and that he was forced to do dangerous electrical wire work in the rain.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
That doesn’t mean Davis, 58, has nothing to brag about.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Democrats were also able to brag about their own wins, hailing a new $1 billion investment in child care and Head Start, an early childhood development program for low-income families.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Indeed, Trian used to brag about how companies with Peltz on their board outperformed the S&P 500 during Peltz’s board tenure.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Erica Cloud Clients: Robert Downey Jr., Awkwafina She has bragging rights for life thanks to her client and Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr., who acknowledged the L.A. stylist in his best actor acceptance speech.
—Carol McColgin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Adjective
The benefits of a brag book Part of growing your salary comes with asking for a raise, which Tu believes most workers aren’t asking for often enough.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
Now, after the latest iteration of Kellyoke on the Kelly Clarkson Show, the host can add performing the knockout collaboration live alongside the country icon herself to her list of brag-worthy accomplishments.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2022
This will also give you a brag bank to pull from when the interviewer asks you to articulate your strengths.
—Dominique Law, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
The Wild Insulated Water Bottle Allow us to humble-brag about The Wild water bottle with the cool logo of the L.A. Times newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
Extremely familiar forays into bass-heavy brag rap, whooshing R&B, and Afrobeats break up the slog.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2021
Lays down brag-worthy numbers, draws every eye, amazing value.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020
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