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BRAGGING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bragging mean?
• BRAGGING (noun)
The noun BRAGGING has 1 sense:
1. an instance of boastful talk
Familiarity information: BRAGGING used as a noun is very rare.
• BRAGGING (adjective)
The adjective BRAGGING has 1 sense:
1. exhibiting self-importance
Familiarity information: BRAGGING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instance of boastful talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing
Context example:
whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
Hypernyms ("bragging" is a kind of...):
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting self-importance
Synonyms:
big; boastful; braggart; bragging; braggy; cock-a-hoop; crowing; self-aggrandising; self-aggrandizing
Context example:
big talk
Similar:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
Context examples
He was not bragging, not showing off.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
They were, in fact, a necessitous family; numerous, too, almost beyond example; by no means respected in their own neighbourhood, as he had lately had particular opportunities of discovering; aiming at a style of life which their fortune could not warrant; seeking to better themselves by wealthy connections; a forward, bragging, scheming race.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
"Please don't think I'm bragging," he began.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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