humblebrag
Syllables: hum·ble·brag/ˈhʌmbl̩ˌbɹæɡ/
humblebrag noun: an ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to show off.
Noun
humblebrag (plural humblebrags)
- An ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to show off.
- @Humblebrag2010 November, Harris Wittels, “(username)”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2010
- I am as guilty as the next wannabe Overachieving Mom when it comes to the humblebrag Christmas letter. I can’t help it. It’s in my genes.2015, Jen Mann, Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Yuletide Yahoos, Ho-Ho-Humblebraggers, and Other Seasonal Scourges, Random House, page 130
Verb
humblebrag (third-person singular simple present humblebrags, present participle humblebragging, simple past and past participle humblebragged)
- To make such a statement.
- After all, she writes, she was surrounded by “people who humblebragged about how little sleep they’d gotten the night before and used the phrases ‘lean and scrappy’ to describe not only our company culture, but themselves.”2018, Michele Lent Hirsch, Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine, Beacon Press, page 66
- The Four Seasons even humblebragged about its failure to accommodate Buffett’s special request on its Facebook page.2019, Adam Chandler, Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom, Flatiron Books, page 25
humblebrag meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
humblebrag in Tamil
- மேம்போக்குப் பேச்சு, திசைதிருப்புப் பேச்சு
humblebrag in Indonesian
- Translations
- merendah meroket
Examples of humblebrag in a sentence
- Henry Alford, a commentator for The New York Times, has observed that “social media status updates are basically selfies, humblebrags, and rants.”2018, James D. Wright, Lost Souls: Manners and Morals in Contemporary American Society, Taylor & Francis, page 230:
- My humblebrag is thus met with the positive affirmation I was seeking but could not successfully achieve through outright bragging.2019, Karen Stohr, Minding the Gap: Moral Ideals and Moral Improvement, Oxford University Press, page 180:
Forms of humblebrag
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | humblebrags |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | humblebrags |
| present participle | humblebragging |
| past participle | humblebragged |
| past | humblebragged |
Origin of humblebrag
From humble + brag; popularized by writer and comedian Harris Wittels (1984–2015) in 2010.
Words formed from humblebrag
Questions about humblebrag
- What does humblebrag mean?
- Humblebrag means an ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to show off.
- What is humblebrag in Tamil?
- Humblebrag in Tamil is மேம்போக்குப் பேச்சு, திசைதிருப்புப் பேச்சு. See Humblebrag meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use humblebrag in a sentence?
- Henry Alford, a commentator for The New York Times, has observed that “social media status updates are basically selfies, humblebrags, and rants.”
- What part of speech is humblebrag?
- Humblebrag can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce humblebrag?
- Humblebrag is pronounced /ˈhʌmbl̩ˌbɹæɡ/.
- What is the plural of humblebrag?
- The plural of humblebrag is humblebrags.
Words near humblebrag in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humblebrag (page history and authors); humblebrag (Tamil 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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