Synonyms of bragged

bragged

verb

past tense of brag

as in boasted

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boasted
• exhibited
• displayed
• swaggered
• blew
• crowed
• vaunted
• bulled
• blew smoke
• prided
• gushed
• blustered
• vapored
• harangued
• gasconaded
• puffed
• exulted
• exposed
• flaunted
• rejoiced
• gloried
• paraded
• maximized
• brandished
• showed off
• glorified
• magnified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimized
• diminished
• discounted
• belittled
• laughed off
• undervalued
• regretted
• played down
• shrugged off
• underrated
• lamented
• deprecated
• pooh-poohed
• bemoaned
• mourned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bragged

During a hearing over that issue last month, prosecutors revealed jailhouse recordings in which Lavie bragged about exploiting Cloobeck. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Ballmer once bragged about how many toilets are in the Intuit Dome, and that feels like a metaphor for the state of his Clippers. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martínez, a teacher’s assistant, five times and then bragged about it. — Jesus Chuy Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026

Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

There, regional operations manager Kenny Barsalou bragged about the brand inside a plush restaurant booth. — Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Jason bragged about using emotional manipulation over his dead mother to trick Angela. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026

Plenty of others bragged about how their normally less-than-healthy eating habits would protect them from the diarrheal scourge. — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026