braggart
Syllables: brag·gart/ˈbɹæɡɑːt//ˈbɹæɡɚt/
braggart noun: someone who constantly brags or boasts.
Noun
braggart (plural braggarts)
- Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
- O I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And Braggart with my tongue.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Shallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes.1889, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Of the Welcome that Met Me at Badminton”, in Micah Clarke His Statement as Made to His Three Grandchildren Joseph, Gervas, & Reuben during the Hard Winter of 1734 [...]...
- Synonyms:
- bragger, blower, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, braggadocian, braggadocio, bully, cacafogo, cacafuego
Adjective
braggart (comparative more braggart, superlative most braggart)
- Characterized by boasting; boastful.
- O my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee, / For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility?1733, [Alexander Pope], The Impertinent, or A Visit to the Court. A Satyr. By an Eminent Hand, London: Printed for John Wileord,^([sic – meaning Wilford]) behind the Chapter-house near St. Paul's...
- Captain [Benjamin] Bonneville was delighted with the game look of these cavaliers of the mountains, welcomed them heartily to his camp, and ordered a free allowance of grog to regale them, which soon put them in the most braggart spirits.1837, Washington Irving, chapter VII, in Adventures of Captain Bonneville, or Scenes beyond the Rocky Mountains of the Far West, Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co., rue Vivienne, No. 18...
braggart meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
braggart in Hindi
- braggart, boaster
- लफ़ंगा lafaṅgā
braggart in Tamil
- தற்பெருமை பேசுபவர், வீண்பெருமைக்காரன், வீம்பன், வீண்பெருமை கொள்பவர், தற்பெருமையாளர், தற்புகழ்ச்சி பேசுகிற
braggart in Urdu
- دکھاوٹی, گپی, جھوٹا, خودبین, کورا, لفنگا
braggart in Bengali
- অহংকারী, দাম্ভিক ব্যক্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- braggart in Malayalam
- ആത്മപ്രശംസകൻ, ആത്മഘോഷൻ, സ്വയം ഘോഷകൻ, വൻപൻ
- braggart in Kannada
- ಬಾಯಿಬಡಕ, ಬಾಯಿಬಡುಕ
Examples of braggart in a sentence
- One often hears the exclamation “I would say it to her face!” At least be very sure that this is true, and not a braggart’s phrase and then—nine times out of ten think better of it and refrain.1922 July, Emily Post, “Conversation”, in Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls...
- He took him on the long walks of which he was fond, and made him in some sort his humble confidant, talking to him of himself and his plans with large and braggart vagueness.1882, William D[ean] Howells, chapter VI, in A Modern Instance: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood and Company, →OCLC, page 70:
Synonyms of braggart
Forms of braggart
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | braggarts |
| alternative form | braggard |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more braggart |
| superlative | most braggart |
Origin of braggart
From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.
Words formed from braggart
Questions about braggart
- What does braggart mean?
- Braggart means someone who constantly brags or boasts.
- What is braggart in Hindi?
- Braggart in Hindi is लफ़ंगा (lafaṅgā). See Braggart meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use braggart in a sentence?
- One often hears the exclamation “I would say it to her face!” At least be very sure that this is true, and not a braggart’s phrase and then—nine times out of ten think better of it and refrain.
- What part of speech is braggart?
- Braggart can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce braggart?
- Braggart is pronounced /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of braggart?
- The plural of braggart is braggarts.
Words near braggart in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: braggart (page history and authors); लफ़ंगा (Hindi) (page history and authors); braggart (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); braggart (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Braggart (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); braggart (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); braggart (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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