Meanings
nounbragging (plural braggings)
plural braggings
- The act of one who brags.
[…] there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.
1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of brag
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexhibiting self-importance
Similar
nounan instance of boastful talk
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French fanfaronnade
- fanfaronnadethe act of one who brags
Italian fanfaronata
- fanfaronatathe act of one who brags
Latin iactantia
- iactantiathe act of one who brags
Polish przechwałka, przechwalanie się
- przechwałkathe act of one who brags
- przechwalanie sięthe act of one who brags
Spanish fanfarronada, jactancia
- fanfarronadathe act of one who brags
- jactanciathe act of one who brags
- alardethe act of one who brags
Swedish skryt, skrävel
- skrytthe act of one who brags
- skrävelthe act of one who brags
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bragging
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