Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to brag
Participle: bragged
Gerund: bragging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | brag |
| you | brag |
| he;she;it | brags |
| we | brag |
| you | brag |
| they | brag |
Perfect
| I | have bragged |
| you | have bragged |
| he;she;it | has bragged |
| we | have bragged |
| you | have bragged |
| they | have bragged |
Past
| I | bragged |
| you | bragged |
| he;she;it | bragged |
| we | bragged |
| you | bragged |
| they | bragged |
Pluperfect
| I | had bragged |
| you | had bragged |
| he;she;it | had bragged |
| we | had bragged |
| you | had bragged |
| they | had bragged |
Future
| I | will brag |
| you | will brag |
| he;she;it | will brag |
| we | will brag |
| you | will brag |
| they | will brag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bragged |
| you | will have bragged |
| he;she;it | will have bragged |
| we | will have bragged |
| you | will have bragged |
| they | will have bragged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | brag |
| you | brag |
| he;she;it | brag |
| we | brag |
| you | brag |
| they | brag |
Perfect
| I | have bragged |
| you | have bragged |
| he;she;it | have bragged |
| we | have bragged |
| you | have bragged |
| they | have bragged |
Imperfect
| I | bragged |
| you | bragged |
| he;she;it | bragged |
| we | bragged |
| you | bragged |
| they | bragged |
Pluperfect
| I | had bragged |
| you | had bragged |
| he;she;it | had bragged |
| we | had bragged |
| you | had bragged |
| they | had bragged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would brag |
| you | would brag |
| he;she;it | would brag |
| we | would brag |
| you | would brag |
| they | would brag |
Perfect
| I | would have bragged |
| you | would have bragged |
| he;she;it | would have bragged |
| we | would have bragged |
| you | would have bragged |
| they | would have bragged |
Imperative
| you | brag |
| we | Let's brag |
| you | brag |
Verbs conjugated like 'brag'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'brag'
bag,
blag,
brad,
bray,
brog,
drag,
frag,
rag,
abray,
arage,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1360, braggen, origin obscure, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet. Other sources suggest O.N. bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry." Braggadocio is Spenser's coinage, 1590, from brag, with augmentative ending by analogy to the It. words then in vogue. Braggart (1577) though influenced by brag is a different word, from M.Fr. braguer "to flaunt, brag," perhaps originally "to show off clothes, especially breeches," from brague "breeches" (see bracket). There may be an element of codpiece-flaunting in all this.
2. From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).
Sample Sentences
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to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament. / Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:]
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The dead mans corps hath made ſome Serpents weépe, / Such rewth may ryſe in beaſts of bloudy race: / And yet can man (which bragges aboue the reſt) / Uſe wracke for rewth? can murder like him beſt? [1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “The Hare, to the Hunter”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot, published 1611, →OCLC, page 177:]