'Bragging' definitions:
Definition of 'bragging'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a- hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self- aggrandising]
noun
Definition of 'Bragging'
From: GCIDE
- Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. ?95.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. [1913 Webster]
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bragging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bluster,
- boast,
- boastful,
- boastfulness,
- boasting,
- bombast,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- braggart,
- braggartism,
- bravado,
- conceit,
- conceited,
- fanfaron,
- fanfaronade,
- fanfaronading,
- Gascon,
- gasconade,
- gasconading,
- gasconism,
- heroics,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- rodomontade,
- self-advertising,
- self-applauding,
- self-flattering,
- self-glorious,
- self-lauding,
- self-vaunting,
- side,
- swagger,
- thrasonic,
- thrasonical,
- vain,
- vainglorious,
- vanity,
- vaporing,
- vaunt,
- vauntery,
- vaunting