as in wonderful
of the very best kind
he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car
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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little
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as in bragger
someone who boasts
he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns
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as in to boast
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state
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Recent Examples of brag
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
Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
Freeze explained his decision with a tremendous humble brag.
—Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 20 July 2023
CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
With the calendar approaching Inauguration Day, Biden administration officials are doing what other administration officials have done countless times throughout history—bragging about their accomplishments.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
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
Noun
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
Verb
Within minutes of leaving the Capitol building on January 6, Vo used text messages and social media to brag about intimidating police officers, halting the vote count, and storming the building.
—CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
With the calendar approaching Inauguration Day, Biden administration officials are doing what other administration officials have done countless times throughout history—bragging about their accomplishments.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brag
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The property’s prime location is also close to the launch sites of the area’s famed hot air balloon rides, which are a wonderful way to take in the spectacular views of the otherworldly land formations.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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At 6-2, 202 pounds, Will Johnson has excellent size and length for a cornerback and would be a wonderful complement to Gardner.Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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However, much of the rhetoric online around looters seems steeped in racist sentiment.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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In this upcoming moment of truth for Illinois, the speaker has the opportunity to give power to that rhetoric, which many on the GOP side don’t believe for a minute.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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Resume: The Broncos recorded an NFL-best 63 sacks this season while boasting a top-three run defense and a top-three red-zone defense.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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His Facebook page, which boasts 27 friends, is mostly related to his time in the Army, with photos and videos of guns and what appears to be him in training.David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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He’s been awesome this season and will be impossible to replace.Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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The waist still stays in place, and the bra is still awesome.Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2025
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After all, marketing itself is somewhat narcissistic, with its continual cries for attention and thinly veiled braggadocio.Martin Kihn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Since then, the rise of social media has been marked, among other dreadful things, by lifestyle braggadocio and algorithms fine-tuned to serve scarily relevant ads.Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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He’s swept away in a sea of raves MILAN — Giorgio Armani is not a very good braggart.Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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Researchers also studied real-life workplace braggarts and found their colleagues often perceived them negatively.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 May 2024
Adjective
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Finance chief Amy Hood said in October that revenue growth from Microsoft’s Azure cloud will speed up in the first half of this year because of greater AI infrastructure capacity.Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Both the film and its score achieved remarkable scope and weight out of relatively thin resources — there are no strings on the score — but perhaps the greatest length Blumberg went to was traveling to Carrara, Italy, where the scenes in its famous marble quarry had already been shot.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
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The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Brag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brag. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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