braggart

Here, Wain manages to squeeze in a couple of rising talents: Gutierrez-Riley’s steady, supportive Otto and Wang’s scene-stealing motormouth, a lighter take on the anxious braggart he played in last fall’s “The Long Walk.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

In Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” buffoonish actors play “the pedant, the braggart, the hedge priest, the fool, and the boy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

He comes across as an insecure braggart in the indictment, a man desperate to cling to his status after an embarrassing fall from power.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2023

"He was just some braggart saying, 'I'm D.B. Cooper,' you know?"

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022

“Huh, Cluny the Scourge! A bully and a braggart if ever I clapped eyes on one.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Service to fellow wine lovers is clearly key in r/wine—a refreshing change from platforms like Instagram, where bottle-shot braggarts abound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Rodell's team found similar results when surveying an additional 218 real-life employees about their experiences with stress braggarts.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024

Also, panderers, seducers, traffickers in flattery, false prophets, braggarts and thieves.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2021

“He just did not suffer fools, braggarts, or idiots well.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2020

This is the moment, Your Highness, that you might as well reveal our plan to all of the noble sneaks, eaves-droppers, braggarts, blowhards, and backstabbers who surround your throne.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin