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Brag vs Braggy - What's the difference?

brag | braggy |

As adjectives the difference between brag and braggy

is that brag is first-rate while braggy is prone to brag.

As a verb brag

is to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.

As a noun brag

is a boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.

As an adverb brag

is (obsolete) proudly; boastfully.

brag

English

Verb

  • To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.
    • to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money
  • * Shakespeare
    • Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
  • To boast of.
  • *Shakespeare
    • Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade

    Synonyms

    * boast

    Derived terms

    * braggart * bragging rights * humblebrag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Caesar made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".
  • The thing which is boasted of.
  • * Milton
    • Beauty is Nature's brag .
  • (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
    • (Chesterfield)

    Adjective

    (bragger)
  • First-rate.
  • (archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • a brag young fellow

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) proudly; boastfully
    • (Fuller)

    References

    Anagrams

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    braggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Prone to brag
  • * {{quote-book, year=1909, author=O. Henry, title=The Gentle Grafter, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="'That was only getting the pumpkin ready,' says Bassett, braggy and cheerful. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=Work Projects Administration, title=Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was a biggity acting and braggy talking old man. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=February 2, author=Ben Joravsky, title=When the Star Comes Out, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=He was bombastic and braggy to the point of trash talking fellow performers. }}