to brag

Examples

• All

• Marc and Rebecca were bragging about it at a party.

  The Bling Ring (2013)

• So could you take a second just to brag about The Hundreds?

• Ladies and gentlemen, I just want to brag for a second on Sky.

• I never meant to brag, but I got him where I want him now.

• People love to sound sophisticated and brag about European art and architecture.

  I've Had It

• Then Biden tried to brag about his appeal to African Americans.

  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• - You watch, next thing you know, he'll be in here, bragging about it.

  Of Things Past (2023)

• While celebrating his award, he couldn't help but brag about his achievements in front of everyone.

• She often brags about her travels to exotic places during our conversations.

• He likes to brag about his performance on the last exam, claiming it was the best in the class.

Synonyms

S

to show off

vsto brag

• Informal

216 3.2

To act proudly to get attention or praise

is mainly spoken pride rather than physical display or performance to impress

B

to blow

vsto brag

• Informal

151 7.7

To talk proudly about achievements to make others admire you

is similar in meaning but is not limited to casual or informal use

B

to boast

vsto brag

96 3.1

To talk proudly about your achievements to impress people

is the same in meaning and differs only in word choice or style

T

to tout

vsto brag

65 6.1

To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it

is personal proud talk focused on showing superiority, not broad promotion

G

to gloat

vsto brag

60 6.9

Show pleasure about your success or someone else's failure in a way that makes others feel bad

is proud talk celebrating own achievements, not pleasure at others' misfortune

T

to talk big

vsto brag

• Informal

8 7.8

To say you are more important or successful than you really are

is prideful speech without necessarily making grand or exaggerated claims

T

to toot your own horn

vsto brag

• Informal

7 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

is the act of prideful speech without depending on a set phrase

C

to crow about

vsto brag

6 7.9

To brag in a way that annoys other people

is prideful speech but not defined by causing annoyance in listeners

B

to bluster

vsto brag

5 6.8

To speak loudly to try to impress or scare others while having little effect

is proud talk aiming to show achievement rather than to threaten or intimidate

P

to puff

vsto brag

4 7.0

To act or speak in a proud, boastful way

is direct excessive pride that focuses on achievements rather than self importance

B

to blow one's own trumpet

vsto brag

• UK

1 7.8

To talk proudly about your own abilities or achievements

is direct prideful talk not tied to a fixed idiomatic phrase

V

to vaunt

vsto brag

• Archaic

1 8.9

To talk proudly about your achievements to show off

is proud speech but does not always carry a showy or ostentatious tone

B

to brag excessively

vsto brag

6.2

To talk too proudly about yourself or what you have done

is prideful speech that can be excessive without added exaggeration

T

to trumpet one's achievements

vsto brag

7.0

To talk proudly about your success in public

is proud talk that can be private or public, not only public

G

to gasconade

vsto brag

• Archaic

9.9

To talk about yourself to show you are more important

is prideful talk that may be less extravagant or ornate in style

M

to mog

vsto brag

• Slang

9.9

To brag about what you have done

is proud speech focused on talking rather than mainly displaying or acting

C

to couldn't help but crow

vsto brag

• Informal

9.3

Be unable to stop yourself from bragging about a success

is the voluntary act of proud talk rather than an uncontrollable urge

S

to shoot a line

vsto brag

• Australian

9.6

To say proud things to make yourself seem better than you are

is proud speech that may be honest praise, not necessarily deceptive or false

Antonyms

U

to understate

18 5.2

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

Phrasal Verbs

B

to brag excessively

6.2

To talk too proudly about yourself or what you have done

How Boastful

to brag

191 2.7

to boast

96 3.1

to talk up

13 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology