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What is another word for bragging?

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Noun

An act, instance or state of boasting or showing off

High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people

An overt and pretentious display intended to attract attention

Unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities

Boastful talk or claims that are exaggerated

Adjective

Prone to bragging or showing off

Speaking pompously, especially using deliberately long or esoteric words

Verb

Present participle for to boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

Present participle for to talk much and to little purpose

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Noun

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An act, instance or state of boasting or showing off

“We had to put up with his bragging and arrogance for years, and now he's back again.”

Noun

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High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people

verbalizing^US

verbalising^UK

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Noun

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An overt and pretentious display intended to attract attention

splendour^UK

splendor^US

pizzazz^US

pzazz^UK

glamour^UK

glamor^US

vigour^UK

vigor^US

luster^US

lustre^UK

pomp and circumstance

state

formality

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Noun

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Unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities

blowing one's own trumpet

pretence^UK

pretense^US

high opinion of oneself

good opinion of oneself

bigheadedness

swollen-headedness

looking after number one

lack of consideration

self-seeking

self-exaltation

self-serving

looking out for number one

narcissistic personality disorder

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Noun

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Boastful talk or claims that are exaggerated

Adjective

Prone to bragging or showing off

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

patronising^UK

wrapped up in oneself

blowing one's own horn

portentous

puffy

too big for your breeches

looking after number one

too big for your britches

throwing one's weight around

pleased with yourself

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

self-approving

goody-goody

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

offensively self-assertive

throwing one's weight about

phony^US

phoney^UK

smart-assed^US

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

not backwards in coming forwards

smart-arsed^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

of preconceived ideas

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“I'm not a bragging man myself.”

Adjective

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Speaking pompously, especially using deliberately long or esoteric words

labored^US

laboured^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for to boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

congratulating oneself

talking big

blowing your own horn

patting oneself on the back

preening oneself

blowing your own trumpet

blowing hard

laying it on thick

giving oneself airs

singing your own praises

shooting the bull

speaking for Buncombe

giving a good account of yourself

reveling^US

revelling^UK

congratulating oneself on

hugging oneself

shooting one's mouth off

tooting one's own horn

publicizing^US

idealizing^US

publicising^UK

idealising^UK

giving oneself airs about

showing off about

piquing oneself in

feeling self-satisfied about

patting oneself on the back for

preening oneself on

giving oneself a pat on the back for

rejoicing in

feeling satisfaction at

piquing oneself on

feeling proud of

feeling proud about

flattering oneself on

taking great pleasure in

rubbing your hands

patting oneself on the back about

preening oneself about

displaying ostentatiously

smacking with

making a great show of

throwing in one's face

making a scene

making an exhibition of

whipping out

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“The ultimate snob, de Crecy would constantly brag about his illustrious ancestors and their military prowess.”

Verb

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Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

colouring^UK

dramatising^UK

dramatizing^US

coloring^US

emphasising^UK

emphasizing^US

making too much of something

piling it on

stretching the truth

putting on

making a big thing of

adding colour

making a federal case of

laying it on with a trowel

blowing something out of all proportion

blowing up out of all proportion

laying it on with a shovel

laying on

making a production out of

drawing the longbow

making a mountain out of a molehill

shooting a line

cooking up

blowing out of proportion

laying it on thick about

bigging up

making a drama out of a crisis

laying it on with a trowel about

enhancing

blowing up out of proportion

blowing up

playing up

making a big thing out of

maximizing^US

maximising^UK

making a mountain out of

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Verb

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Present participle for to talk much and to little purpose

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