bragging

[ US /ˈbɹæɡɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈæɡɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. exhibiting self-importance
    big talk
NOUN
  1. an instance of boastful talk
    his brag is worse than his fight
    whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
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How To Use bragging In A Sentence

  • He's a politician now, which means that bragging and whoring his story is the job description.
  • Every year around this time, college admissions officers can be heard humblebragging about how painful it was to reject so many qualified applicants.
  • An Arab village in Israel now holds the world's record for the largest plate of hummus, and bragging rights over Lebanon in what is known -- or what has become known as the hummus wars. CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2010
  • This may be a first for international diplomacy: a world leader bragging about the prowess of his nation's hookers. Times, Sunday Times
  • While homophobia isn't new to pop, why would the Grammys celebrate someone who as recently as October used a slur in bragging to The Jamaica Observer about his war against gays? Grammys goofed up nominees in a few award categories
  • It was always a great laugh listening to all the young single men on a Monday morning bragging about their weekend exploits with the usual embellishment on one or two stories!
  • Finally it came down to Jason and my sister, and I'm more than ecstatic to report that my sister creamed him, taking home the trophy and bragging rights, which she just happened to use on me for the rest of the week.
  • The clip showed him spitting vile lyrics bragging about murder. The Sun
  • Grandparents were happily bragging about their grandkids.
  • But to find he is openly bragging about it rubs salt in the wound. The Sun
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