bravado
- a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
Origin of bravado
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bluster, grandiosity, blowing, boasting, swelling, gasconade, guts, bullying, pretension, bombast, braggadocio, bluff, railing, pomposity, rant, talk, crowing, raging, fanfaronade, fumingExamples from the Web for bravado
Contemporary Examples of bravado
Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
Picasso, with his polka-dot shirt and clashing tie attempted an air of bravado, but lost confidence by the minute.
Zaharchenko on Friday night projected defiance rather than bravado, no doubt buoyed by the Moscow-sent materiel and fighters.
It perfectly illustrates the combination of bravado, real toughness, and a kind of lost-little-boy appeal that he has with women.
They have a great sense of performance, bravado, and audacity.
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Historical Examples of bravado
My tone was purposed insolence; I met his look with bravado.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
There was something in the man's tone of bravado that stamped it genuine.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
His eyes fell, his bravado vanished, he fumbled with the cutlery.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
The last fragment of self-respect, of bravado even, was in tatters.
A Breath of Prairie and other storiesWill Lillibridge
At times, when all had turned their backs, she kissed him, out of a sort of bravado.
Therese RaquinEmile Zola
bravado
- vaunted display of courage or self-confidence; swagger