brag

[brag]

verb (used without object)

bragged, bragging 

1. to use boastful language; boast.

   He bragged endlessly about his high score.

verb (used with object)

bragged, bragging 

1. to boast of.

   He bragged that he had won.

   Antonyms: depreciate

noun

1. a boast or vaunt.

2. a thing to boast of.

3. a boaster.

4. an old English card game similar to poker.

adjective

1. Archaic.,  unusually fine; first-rate.

brag

/ bræɡ /

verb

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

noun

1. boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this

2. something boasted of

   his brag was his new car

3. a braggart; boaster

4. a card game: an old form of poker

Other Word Forms

• bragging noun
• bragger noun
• braggingly adverb
• bragless adjective
• outbrag verb (used with object)
• overbrag verb
• unbragging adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of brag¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of brag¹

C13: of unknown origin

Synonym Study

See boast ¹.

Example Sentences

Of course, the president brags he is a billionaire many times over.

From Salon

“Insiders are claiming that Offset is publicly bragging about getting you pregnant for the fourth time,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The group is bragging about the hack on the messaging app Telegram, sharing screenshots apparently taken from inside the car maker's IT networks.

From BBC

A detained Reseda High student tells a visiting teacher that the men who seized him bragged to each other that they would earn $1,500 for detaining him.

From Los Angeles Times

A B-grade actor who used to play “Superman” wouldn’t brag about joining U.S.

From Salon

Related Words

• boast 
• crow 
• gloat