What is "brag" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does brag mean in English? Meaning of brag definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "brag" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "brag": an instance of boastful talk

Noun

  • Meaning: an instance of boastful talk
  • Example: his brag is worse than his fight whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
  • Synonyms: brag bragging crow crowing gasconade line-shooting vaporing
  • Hypernyms: boast boasting jactitation self-praise
  • Meaning of "brag": show off

    Verb

  • Meaning: show off
  • Synonyms: blow bluster boast brag gas gasconade shoot a line swash tout vaunt
  • Hyponyms: crow gloat puff triumph
  • Hypernyms: amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
  • Meaning of "brag": exceptionally good

    Adjective

  • Meaning: exceptionally good
  • Example: a boss hand at carpentry his brag cornfield
  • Synonyms: boss brag
  • Similar: superior
  • Adjective: (intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done. to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money Shakespeare Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shadeShakespeare Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade(transitive) To boast of.
  • Synonyms:

    crow, gloat, boast, prate, exult, gasconade, grandstand, rodomontade, mouth, puff, swagger, bluster, shuck, vaunt, showboat, hotdog, jive, pat oneself on the back, blow one's own horn,

    Antonyms:

    conceal, hide, deprecate, be quiet, be modest,

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