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braggy

braggy

1 7.8
Talking proudly about things you have done
  • adjective
  • /ˈbræɡi/
  • Informal
translation icon : presumido
  • She often comes across as braggy when she talks about her achievements.

You can get in trouble if you're down in Florida and you're being all braggy about yourself.

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Examples

  • What if you make a resolution in social media, you know, and you're being kind of braggy about it or being very public about it.

  • Now I feel like I'm just being braggy.

  • Pretty braggy name for such a scrawny kid!

    Fiction book (1998)
  • You can get in trouble if you're down in Florida and you're being all braggy about yourself.

  • She seemed a little braggy but also apologetic; she said the halfway house had lost its funding, and the state was selling it cheap.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • This whole post probably sounds narcissistic and braggy, but I really don't get compliments like that often at all.

    Blog text (3)
  • His braggy attitude made it hard for others to take him seriously.

  • Even though she was proud of her grades, she tried not to sound too braggy.

Synonyms

cocky
vsbraggy
  • Informal
99 4.2

Being too confident and acting proud so other people dislike you

applies more to talking proudly habitually than brief overconfidence
smug
vsbraggy
85 5.2

A person who feels too pleased with themselves in a way that annoys others

is more about openly talking proudly rather than silent self-satisfaction
conceited
vsbraggy
24 5.4

Thinking you are much better than other people

is more about talking proudly than only holding a high self-opinion
egotistical
vsbraggy
  • Offensive
24 6.6

Seeing yourself as much more important than other people

is specifically about habitual talking with pride rather than general self-focus
prideful
vsbraggy
8 6.1

Feeling or acting as if you are better than other people

leans toward habitual proud speech rather than just feeling superior
boastful
vsbraggy
7 3.7

Being too proud of achievements or skills in a way that annoys others

is about a tendency to speak with excessive pride rather than private feeling
self-aggrandizing
vsbraggy
  • Formal
4 8.6

Claiming to be more important or successful than you are

is about talking with pride rather than intentional self-promotion for power
vainglorious
vsbraggy
  • Literature
3 9.9

Bragging too much about how great you think you are

is more about verbally praising oneself than aiming to impress by looks
proud as a peacock
vsbraggy
  • Informal
1 7.4

Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way

is similar but focuses on habitual talking with pride, not only display
egotistic
vsbraggy
  • Offensive
1 7.2

Thinking you are more important than other people

stresses talking with pride as a habit rather than mere self-interest
hubristic
vsbraggy
  • Formal
1 8.4

Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions

is centered on talking with pride rather than fatal overconfidence
bumptious
vsbraggy
1 9.9

Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people

is about proud speech rather than blunt aggressive self-assertion
thrasonical
vsbraggy
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Talking too proudly about yourself in a showy way

is a general habit of talking proudly rather than dramatic showiness
crowing
vsbraggy
6.3

Acting proud and showing off in an annoying way

is more about repeatedly speaking with pride rather than simple self-view
cock-a-hoop
vsbraggy
  • Archaic
9.9

Feeling very proud and excited and showing it to others

is about a habit of speaking with excessive pride rather than brief elation
self-conceited
vsbraggy
7.7

Thinking you are better than other people

focuses on speaking with excessive pride rather than private self-regard
overproud
vsbraggy
7.2

Believing you are better than other people and acting like it

is more about speaking proudly habitually rather than general excessive pride

Antonyms

222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

81 2.7

Not thinking you are better than others and not boasting

How Boastful

arrogant
260 4.5
conceited
24 5.4
braggy
  • Informal
1 7.8
boastful
7 3.7
proud
1.0

Surface Forms

braggy positive
braggier comparative
braggiest superlative

Morphology

braggy = brag (transparent) = brag + y

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'brag', meaning characterised by or given to bragging; straightforward for learners who know 'brag'.

Etymology

Braggy comes from the verb brag, which means 'to boast' or show off, and the ending -y means 'full of'. So braggy describes someone 'full of boasting', like a braggart, and explains why it means boastful.