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adjective

as in boastful

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verb

present participle of brag

as in boasting

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state

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So, The Hawk is number one on Netflix in the US and the service is bragging about it. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 But other evidence, including video and text messages of the officer bragging about the shooting, bolstered Martinez’s account and prompted a judge to dismiss the federal charges against her. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Investigators determined that earlier in the evening, Diaz and the victims were attending a party at or near the park and that Diaz had been bragging about having a new gun, firing it once into the air. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Elon Musk is now bragging that SpaceX will make epic investments en route to unleashing stupendous results. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 June 2026 Goldberg was obsessive about using original materials, apparently bragging to neighbors about outbidding Martha Stewart on a set of tiles at auction. — Jesse Armas, Curbed, 16 June 2026 That is, by throwing gonzo parties and bidding for cool points by bragging about having swum to Jeffrey Epstein's island. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026 Prosecutors say Ross shot and killed one victim, injured a young woman who was shielding her infant, and later recorded a rap song bragging about the murder. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 6 June 2026 Even without the original home still standing, the Hollywood connection gives the property a certain bragging-rights appeal. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bragging

Adjective

Defense witnesses pointed to boastful teens, fireworks-like flashes and uncertain ignition points, with an expert arguing that fireworks were the likely cause and that prosecutors lack proof that a lighter sparked the blaze.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Chatter about Azik’s famous delens abounds, as does boastful talk about how Monica Bellucci’s family hails from the same part of Nalchik.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026

Definition of boastful

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This approach has already yielded significant results, with the 2026 BET Awards achieving its highest ratings since 2019, boasting a 50% year-over-year growth.

— Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
In the stone-age aughts, people did not have the propensity to boost their ego by owning stuff and boasting about their possessions online.

— Zahra Tayeb, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of boasting

Adjective

Big Red might be a braggart, a bully and rotten to the core, but Lasdun invokes Thomas De Quincey’s neat point about how a man’s capacity to rob says nothing about his propensity to murder.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025

Definition of braggart

Adjective

Olivia Wilde plays the swaggering multidisciplinary artist Erika Tracy, whose portfolio includes a pointillist vulva composed of chewed gum, an audio loop of her own orgasm, and an enormous, Claes Oldenburg-esque sculpture of a spiked fetish collar.

— Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
Unlike the swaggering Daemon, this wounded Aemond is vulnerable.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of swaggering

Adjective

He’s known for his cocky attitude, teaming up with fellow hero Blue Beetle and traveling with his robot companion Skeets.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026
Dix was a baseball prodigy too cocky and flashy for his own good who now coasts through life on his long-ago heroics coupled with charm and an undeserved diet of luck.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of cocky

Adjective

Fans have in some instances railed against commentator Alexi Lalas, a veteran analyst, player and soccer executive who has been accused of being too bombastic, and even partisan during his time on air.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 July 2026
This bombastic rhetoric echoes an inherent feeling of frustration in Russia over the failure to segregate Ukraine from the West.

— Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of bombastic

Adjective

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.

— Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of conceited

Adjective

Perhaps in the arrogant belief that a war with Iran would quickly end in a decisive victory, the Pentagon did not have cost-effective systems ready to intercept these weapons.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Nick Aldis’ wife Mickie James was ringside, where she was taunted by an arrogant Gunther.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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