bravado
[ bruh-vah-doh ]
/ brəˈvɑ doʊ /
noun, plural bra·va·does, bra·va·dos.
a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
RELATED WORDS
bluster, grandiosity, blowing, boasting, swelling, gasconade, guts, bullying, pretension, bombast, braggadocio, bluff, railing, pomposity, rant, talk, crowing, raging, fanfaronade, fuming
Nearby words
- braun, karl ferdinand,
- braunite,
- braunschweig,
- braunschweiger,
- brava,
- bravais lattice,
- brave,
- brave face, put on a,
- brave it out,
- brave new world
Origin of bravado
SYNONYMS FOR bravado
Synonym study
See courage.
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bravado
/ (brəˈvɑːdəʊ) /
noun plural -does or -dos
vaunted display of courage or self-confidence; swagger
Word Origin for bravado
C16: from Spanish bravada (modern bravata), from Old Italian bravare to challenge, provoke, from bravo wild, brave
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bravado
1580s, from French bravade "bragging, boasting," from Italian bravata "bragging, boasting" (16c.), from bravare "brag, boast, be defiant," from bravo (see brave (adj.)). The English word was influenced in form by Spanish words ending in -ado.
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