A person who constantly boasts and exaggerates their abilities or achievements to impress others.
From Italian 'bragare' meaning to brag, combined with the pejorative suffix '-ard'. The word describes someone addicted to bragging, suggesting an annoying character trait rather than occasional boasting.
Braggarts often undermine themselves psychologically—research shows excessive self-promotion actually makes people like you less, so the braggart's strategy of gaining status through boasting usually backfires!
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