bragging
noun
[ ˈbraɡɪŋ ]
• excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions.
• "she interrupted their endless bragging"
bragging
adjective
• exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness.
• "a competitive, bragging culture"
brag
verb
• say something in a boastful manner.
• "he bragged that he was sure of victory"
Similar:
boast,
crow,
show off,
swagger,
swank,
bluster,
gloat,
blow one's own trumpet,
sing one's own praises,
congratulate oneself,
pat oneself on the back,
preen oneself,
give oneself airs,
talk big,
blow hard,
lay it on thick,
shoot one's mouth off,
speak for Buncombe,
skite,
big-note oneself,
vaunt,
roister,
hyperbolize,
rodomontade,
gasconade,
Origin:
Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘boastful’): of unknown origin (French braguer is recorded only later).
