braggart 1 of 2

braggart

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of braggart
Noun
Be sociable with everyone and see the braggarts less often. Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023 Mullin, a former CEO who is heralded as an undefeated Mixed-Martial-Arts champ through all three contests he’s joined, has been a braggart on social media about it after the union boss called him a fraud in a tweet. Philip Elliott, Time, 29 June 2023 Imagine if the generative AI was programmed to be a braggart. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023 Yet, while there are more Texans than Alaskans, there have always been far more non-Texans, many of whom are very open to any excuse to poke fun at a state long known for its braggarts. David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for braggart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braggart
Noun
  • The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
  • The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
Adjective
  • Putin posing topless is the viral version of this public peacocking, but casual misogyny, carefully staged photo ops, and boastful, hypermasculine rhetoric also fit the bill.
    Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
  • In Finnish society, displays of happiness are often discouraged to avoid seeming boastful.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In the 1998 episode, Theroux, 53, appears briefly as an egotistical writer who flirts with Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw at a party.
    John Russell, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Yes: Crumb’s work is egotistical, misogynist, racist—or, more generously, a feculent parody.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Isa Briones, who plays the cocky intern Dr. Trinity Santos, remembers Wyle’s note as a kind of challenge.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Reprising the role of the cocky Naval aviator required the bravery of a real fighter pilot.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Original price: $399.99 This metal storage shed is large enough to house items such as shovels, snow blowers, bicycles and outdoor chairs.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The rain eventually stopped, courts were dried with blowers, soggy fans returned to their seats and some matches resumed at 5:30 p.m.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • How 'Intermezzo' sparked envy, became the galley brag of 2024 I, dear reader, am not above a galley brag.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Taylor-Johnson and Gosling have a lot of fun with Tom’s braggadocio and Colt’s deadpan replies when the star actor and his stunt double finally face off.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2024
  • The most successful of his sprawling New York rap crew, Mayers vaulted to fame in 2011 with a style defined by suave braggadocio and self-mythologizing reminiscent of old-school legends such as Rakim and the Wu-Tang Clan.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Braggart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggart. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on braggart

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!