bravado
noun
a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
bravadoes
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pluralof bravado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I've trudged the world; I have learned many bravadoes, so that my heart never stirred much to the mere trick of an instrument but one, and the piob mhor conquers me.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
The ancient enmity between these, princes broke out anew in bravadoes, and in personal insults on each other, ill becoming persons of their rank, and still less suitable to men of such unquestioned bravery.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by David Hume
These bravadoes caused great irritation; still, the Spanish warriors were restrained by the prohibition of the king.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving
Now, failure on every hand awaited him, and all those bravadoes with which he had kept down his better nature deserted him.
From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Warren T. Ashton
This is not, as might be supposed, one of those bravadoes of the timid, who shout before Death in order to deaden the sound of his footsteps.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
