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[ brag-ert ] / ˈbræg ərt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR braggart ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who does a lot of bragging. Origin of braggartFirst recorded in 1570–80; brag + -art SYNONYMS FOR braggartbragger, boaster; blow-hard. SEE SYNONYMS FOR braggart ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM braggartbrag·gart·ism, nounbrag·gart·ly, adverbWords nearby braggartBraga, Bragdon, Bragg, braggadocio, braggadocious, braggart, bragger, bragging rights, Bragg scattering, Bragg's law, braggy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for braggartIt seems the braggart was unaware of the changes in the law. The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of us had even claimed to be present at Castra Regina, although we mainly considered him a braggart. The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST In the book, Alice is a smug, Victorian braggart who loves nothing more than showing off her knowledge. Alice, Bratty in Wonderland|Nicole LaPorte|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Drawcansir, draw′kan-sėr, n. a blustering fellow, a braggart. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
There are nearly always the old miser or rake, the go-between slave, the braggart soldier. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899|Various "I would not enter into a pot-house brawl with a braggart boy," he cried. His Grace of Osmonde|Frances Hodgson Burnett He tried hard to despise the braggart, but ended with envying him. Tales From Two Hemispheres|Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen I will champion the Prince, braggart; with a curse on thee for thy base-hearted treachery to thy wife Torfrida! The Last of the Vikings|John Bowling
British Dictionary definitions for braggart
nouna person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger Word Origin for braggartC16: see brag Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to braggartknow-it-all, egotist, windbag, boaster, blowhard, brag, bragger, swashbuckler, exhibitionist, blatherskite, braggadocio, peacock, show-off, gasbag, blusterer, swaggerer, trumpeter, raver, grandstander, hotshot |