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Antonyms for brag

Grammar : Verb
Spell : brag
Phonetic Transcription : bræg

Definition of brag

Origin :
  • mid-14c., braggen "to make a loud sound," also "to talk boastfully," of obscure origin, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet, or related to the Middle English adjective brag "ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave" (early 14c.), which probably is from Celtic. Other sources suggest Old Norse bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry." Also cf. braggart for another possibility. Related: Bragged; bragging.
  • verb talk boastingly
Example sentences :
  • Why should we brag of being American or English, when we can boast that we are men?
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Think I'm so proud of this night's cruise that I'll brag of it?
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "I know that some of those who have them brag about them," said Jimmy.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • His brag was that he had skipped every fight since he enlisted.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • He's always goin' about asking every one, 'Can't they make a game o' brag?'
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • He is just fool enough to brag about what he hoped to do rather than go and do it.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • No coast guard was ever going to brag about getting rich on him!
  • Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • Keep it up and give us something to brag about in our obscurity.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • "Nawthin' to brag about," came the reply from the old skipper.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • So at least I gave my Father to understand; but perhaps it was a brag.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

Synonyms for brag

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