Braggart definition

brăgərt
braggarts
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Boastful.
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An offensively boastful person.
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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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One given to loud, empty boasting; a bragger.
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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.

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Bragging; boastful.
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Someone who boasts.
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Noun

Singular:
braggart
Plural:
braggarts

Origin of braggart

  • French bragard from braguer to brag perhaps from Middle English braggen brag

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French bragard (“flaunting, vain, bragging”)

    From Wiktionary

Braggart Sentence Examples

  • You sound like a braggart, so you should try to be more humble.

  • His father is veryarrogant, so that explains his tendencies to act like a braggart.

  • I was quite conscious of the possibility that the whole was the extravagance of an old braggart and gossip.

  • The braggart annoyed everyone around him with his boasting comments.

  • I hope that winning the competition doesn't turn Jackie into a braggart.

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