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Bravado

Bravado Meaning & Definition
Bravado Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bravado?

[n] a swaggering show of courage

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bravado: bluster

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bravado: adventuresomeness | adventurousness | arrogance | audaciousness | audacity | balls | bluff | bluster | bluster and bluff | blustering | boast | boastfulness | boasting | bold front | boldness | bombast | brag | braggadocio | braggartism | bragging | brash bearing | brashness | brassiness | bravura | brazenness | bullying | bumptiousness | bustle | cheekiness | cockiness | conceit | contempt | contemptuousness | daring | daringness | defial | defiance | defying | derision | derring-do | despite | disdain | disregard | enterprise | fanfaronade | flurry | fluster | foolhardiness | front | fuss | gasconade | gasconism | hectoring | heroics | impertinence | impudence | insolence | intimidation | jactation | jactitation | machismo | overboldness | pertness | pretentiousness | rant | rodomontade | sauciness | self-assurance | side | splutter | sputter | swagger | swashbucklery | vanity | vaunt | vauntery | vaunting | venturesomeness | venturousness

See Also | fanfare | ostentation

Bravado In Webster's Dictionary

\Bra*va"do\ (br[.a]*v[=a]"d[-o]), n., pl. {Bravadoes} (-d[-o]z). [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag: cf. F. bravade. See {Brave}.] Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. In spite of our host's bravado. --Irving.

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