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braggart

braggart

4 7.7
A person who talks a lot about themselves to show off
  • noun
  • /ˈbræɡərt/
  • Offensive
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  • Nobody likes to listen to a braggart who constantly talks about his wealth and status.

So don't be boring, don't be a braggart and and you'll know because people be turned off.

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Examples

  • Pistol, no longer a mere braggart and cut-purse, emerges as a pathetic figure and a serious social commentator.

    Academic text (1991)
  • For failing to develop a vaccine or a cure for HIV, Watts denounces Western scientists as "incompetent braggarts, parading under false colors."

    Academic text (1998)
  • And yet, dear lady, rating myself at nothing, you shall see how much I was a braggart.

  • And, of course, a braggart with power is a bully.

    Academic text (1992)
  • What an arrogant braggart I am!

  • You've become a braggart, and it's not attractive.

  • He's just an old braggart, that's all he is.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • But under the relentless light of the personality tests, he showed himself to be nothing but a dreamer and a braggart, completely self-obsessed.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • My greatest faults, being a braggart and a bluffer, have yielded me countless advantages.

  • A monster of depravity: liar, cheat, lecher, murderer; vain, greedy, treacherous, ungrateful, a poltroon, a braggart.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

blowhard
vsbraggart
  • Offensive
22 8.2

A person who talks too much and brags about themselves

is especially marked by loud self importance rather than quiet pride
egotist
vsbraggart
  • Offensive
4 6.8

A person who thinks they are better than others and often talks about themselves

is louder and outward in self importance rather than inward self concern
showboater
vsbraggart
  • Informal
1 7.9

A person who shows off to get attention

focuses more on visible performance than on loud self importance
bragger
vsbraggart
  • Offensive
1 4.9

A person who talks proudly about their success or things they own

is louder and more self important when showing off achievements
boaster
vsbraggart
1 4.4

A person who talks too proudly about their successes or things they own

tends to sound more loudly self important than plain proud speech
trumper
vsbraggart
  • Archaic
9.6

A person who brags loudly to get attention

emphasizes noisy self importance more than general pride or confidence
vaunter
vsbraggart
  • Archaic
9.3

A person who often brags about what they have done in a proud way

presents more loud self importance rather than merely showing pride
Gascon
vsbraggart
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who boasts in a loud, proud way

is louder and more self important in tone than mere swagger
line-shooter
vsbraggart
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who brags a lot and tells stories that are not true

is more about loud self importance than merely making tall claims
swaggerer
vsbraggart
7.9

A person who walks and acts very confidently, often bragging

is about loud self importance rather than only confident body language
swasher
vsbraggart
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who behaves proudly and brags about themselves

expresses similar loud self importance but in older wording
bighead
vsbraggart
  • Offensive
6.8

A person who is too proud and thinks they know more than others

expresses loud self importance rather than only private high self opinion

How Boastful

blowhard
  • Offensive
22 8.2
braggart
  • Offensive
4 7.7
bragger
  • Offensive
1 4.9
boaster
1 4.4
show-off
  • Offensive
12 4.8

Surface Forms

braggart singular
braggarts plural

Morphology

braggart = brag (transparent) = brag + art

Formed from 'brag' plus a person-forming/pejorative suffix (surface -art), so the meaning 'person who brags' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Braggart comes from the short verb brag, meaning 'to boast', plus the ending -ard that names a person, as in drunkard. So a braggart is someone who brags too much and likes to show off.