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Definition of bragging in English: braggingnoun ˈbraɡɪŋˈbræɡɪŋ mass nounExcessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions. she interrupted their endless bragging a little honest bragging doesn't hurt anyone Example sentencesExamples - He has never talked to Benjamin about his accomplishments, however, because it would be breaking the rules against bragging.
- Too bad Ralph needs her to back up his bragging to a fellow worker.
- After failing to win the award several years ago because of drunken bragging, Mansfield chooses to stop speaking.
- He carefully thinks about and believes what he says, and he can usually back up his bragging.
- Since the results came out at the end of April, the newspapers have been awash with bragging.
- He himself contributes little beyond an "uh," some "ahs," and a little mild bragging.
- His brief military career formed the basis of his bragging.
- Hampering her diligent efforts was the unchecked bragging of more senior network executives.
- Bragging might not always be a rational behavior.
- There is no bragging, no lament.
adjective ˈbraɡɪŋˈbræɡɪŋ Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness. a competitive, bragging culture we became involved in a lively bragging session Example sentencesExamples - Put simply, it's bragging time—not quite the "nah nah nah nah nah we're in government and you aren't" type, but close enough.
- Your bragging buddies turn to you, and this time you say, "I'm about to unleash my ideavirus!"
- The bragging number of 30,000 is technically correct, but the real number sold is only 20,000.
- She got real bragging points—and her second Best Actress Oscar—for totally de-glamorizing herself to play an aging, overweight, hard-drinking shrew.
- That was completely a bragging statement, but I am just being honest.
- A victory can work wonders—making your product look superior, making your website more impressive, and offering great bragging material.
- There's a heroes' guild from which you choose quests, and a bragging platform where you gain additional fame by opting to take on specific missions.
- He refers to Jan's account of his affair with a society lady as "the sort of bragging lie that kids like to tell."
- UN prosecutors seek to prove his guilt by drawing on his wartime diaries, radio intercepts, and bragging appearances he made on television during the war.
- This week's show features a bragging competition in which freelance journalists may openly boast about how many free Xboxes they have so far obtained.
Derivativesadverb The prison guard braggingly said he could take us into the house where Mandela was kept before his final release. Example sentencesExamples - You cannot braggingly proclaim that your tyranny has trumped me.
- We'll help each other create strong donor loyalty, a pipeline of enthusiastic and engaged donors, and braggingly high retention rates.
- They say this braggingly, as if this is a good thing.
- What can be done to generate braggingly happy customers?
Definition of bragging in US English: braggingnounˈbræɡɪŋˈbraɡiNG Excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions. she interrupted their endless bragging a little honest bragging doesn't hurt anyone Example sentencesExamples - He has never talked to Benjamin about his accomplishments, however, because it would be breaking the rules against bragging.
- Too bad Ralph needs her to back up his bragging to a fellow worker.
- Bragging might not always be a rational behavior.
- Since the results came out at the end of April, the newspapers have been awash with bragging.
- He carefully thinks about and believes what he says, and he can usually back up his bragging.
- Hampering her diligent efforts was the unchecked bragging of more senior network executives.
- His brief military career formed the basis of his bragging.
- He himself contributes little beyond an "uh," some "ahs," and a little mild bragging.
- After failing to win the award several years ago because of drunken bragging, Mansfield chooses to stop speaking.
- There is no bragging, no lament.
adjectiveˈbræɡɪŋˈbraɡiNG Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness. a competitive, bragging culture we became involved in a lively bragging session Example sentencesExamples - She got real bragging points—and her second Best Actress Oscar—for totally de-glamorizing herself to play an aging, overweight, hard-drinking shrew.
- UN prosecutors seek to prove his guilt by drawing on his wartime diaries, radio intercepts, and bragging appearances he made on television during the war.
- There's a heroes' guild from which you choose quests, and a bragging platform where you gain additional fame by opting to take on specific missions.
- A victory can work wonders—making your product look superior, making your website more impressive, and offering great bragging material.
- That was completely a bragging statement, but I am just being honest.
- Put simply, it's bragging time—not quite the "nah nah nah nah nah we're in government and you aren't" type, but close enough.
- This week's show features a bragging competition in which freelance journalists may openly boast about how many free Xboxes they have so far obtained.
- The bragging number of 30,000 is technically correct, but the real number sold is only 20,000.
- He refers to Jan's account of his affair with a society lady as "the sort of bragging lie that kids like to tell."
- Your bragging buddies turn to you, and this time you say, "I'm about to unleash my ideavirus!"
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