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How to pronounce braggart in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter
Type of egoist, egotist, swellhead
Derivation brag
Type Words
Synonyms big, boastful, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing

Examples of braggart

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I was beginning to think that the U.S. had grown up and was no longer a braggart.
From the time.com
Bear in mind that these are the words of a braggart immersed in dubious activities.
From the canberratimes.com.au
When Hera, Zeus'wife, heard the braggart, she sicced a poisonous scorpion on Orion.
From the usatoday.com
He also could be an arrogant braggart, which sometimes earned him enemies.
From the kentucky.com
Needless to say, this awful creep and braggart supports Blair on every single policy.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
No, not if the blow Is as the lightning blasting a tree I fear You not, puffing braggart.
From the time.com
The rap was that he was a selfish player, a braggart who couldn't deliver when it counted.
From the time.com
Kalaj is no terrorist, but he can be something of a bully and a braggart.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Bit mean to accuse him of being a braggart, I think most people would agree it's pretty good.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Boastful: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk"
  • Bragger: a very boastful and talkative person
  • Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech. It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright.
  • Someone who boasts
  • To brag all the time