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to outbrag

1 7.0

To boast more than someone else

verb
/ˌaʊtˈbræɡ/

: presumir más

Don't outbrag me!

Examples

At the party, Jake tried to outbrag his friends about their vacation stories.
During the reunion, everyone attempted to outbrag each other with tales of success.
He always tries to outbrag his colleagues by telling bigger stories.
She did not want to outbrag her friends, so she kept her achievements quiet.
He outbrags his friends at parties.
During the competition, Clara was determined to outbrag her opponents with tales of her adventures.
In their playful debate, Tom and Sarah began to outbrag each other about their accomplishments.

Antonyms

to understate

18 5.2

To make something seem smaller or less important than it really is

How Boastful

to outbrag

1 7.0

to show off

Informal

269 3.2

to brag

240 2.7

Surface Forms

outbrag infinitive

outbragged past

outbragged past participle

outbragging present participle

outbrags third person singular

Morphology

outbrag = brag (transparent) = out + brag

Formed by the productive prefix 'out-' meaning 'do more than' plus the verb 'brag', so the meaning 'brag more than someone' is directly derived.

Etymology

Outbrag is made of the prefix out- meaning 'more than' and the word brag meaning 'to boast', so to outbrag someone is to boast more than they do.