What does bragging mean?
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brag·ging
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Princeton's WordNet
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconadeadjective
an instance of boastful talk
"his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandisingadjective
exhibiting self-importance
"big talk"
Wikipedia
bragging
Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy.Individuals construct an image of themselves, a personal identity, and present themselves in a manner that is consistent with that image. Theodore Millon theorized that in self-presentation, individuals seek to balance boasting against discrediting themselves with excessive self-promotion or being caught blatantly misrepresenting themselves. Studies show that people often have a limited ability to perceive how their efforts at self-presentation are actually impacting their acceptance and likeability by others.
ChatGPT
bragging
Bragging is the act of expressing excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities, often in a manner that may appear boastful or conceited to others.
Webster Dictionary
Bragging
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bragging in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bragging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of bragging in a Sentence
I think he was the only kid in school that we could beat up, you know, I'm not bragging about this. This is terrible. I was a stupid kid, I didn't want to beat him up.
It's a bragging right, anchorage is a top airport when it comes to snow and ice control.
He would actually use it as a bragging right.
Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it ... It sounds horrible to me.
To a friend, achievement is good news, to an enemy, it's bragging.
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- ثرثارArabic
- PrahlereiGerman
- fanfarroneríaSpanish
- membualIndonesian
- vanteriaItalian
- se gabarPortuguese
- palavraTurkish
- 吹牛Chinese
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