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bragging 音標拼音: [br'ægɪŋ] bragging adj 1: exhibiting self- importance; " big talk" [ synonym: { boastful}, { braggart( a)}, { bragging( a)}, { braggy}, { big}, { cock- a- hoop}, { crowing}, { self- aggrandizing}, { self- aggrandising}] n 1: an instance of boastful talk; " his brag is worse than his fight"; " whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [ synonym: { brag}, { bragging}, { crow}, { crowing}, { vaporing}, { line- shooting}, { gasconade}] 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] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " bragging": Gascon, bluster, boast, boastful, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggart, braggartism, bravado, conceit, conceited, fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfaronading, 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
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