Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for braggart

Synonyms for braggart

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brag-ert
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbræg ərt

Top 10 synonyms for braggart
Other synonyms for the word braggart

Définition of braggart

Origin :
  • 1570s, from French bragard (16c.), with pejorative ending (see -ard) + Middle French braguer "to flaunt, brag," perhaps originally "to show off clothes, especially breeches," from brague "breeches" (see bracket). There may be an element of codpiece-flaunting in all this.
  • The word in English has been at least influenced by brag (v.), even if, as some claim, it is unrelated to it. Bragger "arrogant or boastful person," agent noun from brag (v.), attested in English from late 14c.
  • noun person who talks boastingly
Example sentences :
  • But that's that braggart, major Marvel—and a marvel he is, I can tell you!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He had the reputation of being a hard liver, and something of a braggart.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • His friend looked at him with a braggart air, and sang to himself.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He tried hard to despise the braggart, but ended with envying him.
  • Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
  • Surely thou wouldst not have son of thine proved liar and braggart?
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • A fool, a braggart, a liar the less, but still he must leave a vacancy at the hearth!
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • An American braggart told Cooke that his family was amongst the oldest in Maryland.
  • Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon
  • If the truth were known, Joseph Bumble proved to be somewhat of a braggart.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Betsy Butterfly » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • He knew that Jasper was something of a braggart and a bully.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Jolly Robin » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Nat was a great bully and braggart, and many of them had suffered insult at his hands.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019