Meaning & use
Bragged
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Spoke with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's own achievements, possessions, or abilities.
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He bragged for twenty minutes about his new sports car.
She bragged that she had finished the marathon in under four hours.
A note on using this word
The past tense of "brag," this word almost always carries a mildly critical tone toward the speaker's self-praise.
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