an offensively boastful person
Origin of braggart
brag + -art bragging; boastful
adjective
- The definition of braggart is boastful.
An example of a braggart style is someone who has to boast to everyone, to the point of being offensive.
- Braggart is defined as someone who is always boasting or bragging.
A man who tells everyone how rich and successful he is all the time is an example of a braggart.
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braggart
noun
One given to loud, empty boasting; a bragger.
adjective
Boastful.
Origin of braggart
French bragard from braguer to brag perhaps from Middle English braggen ; see brag .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Old French bragard (“flaunting, vain, bragging”)
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Sentence Examples
- You sound like a braggart, so you should try to be more humble.
- Sophie's friends called her a braggart when she told everyone about her perfect score on the spelling test.
- His father is very arrogant, so that explains his tendencies to act like a braggart.
- His father is veryarrogant, so that explains his tendencies to act like a braggart.
- You sound like a braggart, so you should try to be more humble.
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Words near braggart in the dictionary
- braggart
- braggartism
- braggartly
- braggartry