Bravado
11bravado — noun a) A swaggering show of defiance or courage. The angry customer stood in the middle of the showroom and voiced his complaints with loud bravado. b) A false show of courage …
12bravado — bra|va|do [brəˈva:dəu US dou] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: bravade and Old Spanish bravata, from Old Italian bravata, from brava; BRAVE1] behaviour that is deliberately intended to make other people believe you are brave and… …
13bravado — bra|va|do [ brə vadou ] noun uncount a brave and confident way of behaving, especially when you do not really feel like this: teenage bravado …
14bravado — noun (U) behaviour that is deliberately intended to show how brave and confident you are: youthful bravado …
15bravado — noun his bravado seems so phony and overplayed Syn: boldness, swaggering, bluster; machismo; boasting, bragging, bombast, braggadocio; informal showing off …
16bravado — UK [brəˈvɑːdəʊ] / US [brəˈvɑdoʊ] noun [uncountable] a brave and confident way of behaving, especially when you do not really feel like this teenage bravado …
17bravado — noun (plural does or dos) Etymology: Middle French bravade & Old Spanish bravata, from Old Italian bravata, from bravare to challenge, show off, from bravo Date: circa 1580 1. a …
18bravado — /breuh vah doh/, n., pl. bravadoes, bravados. a pretentious, swaggering display of courage. [1575 85; < Sp bravada (now bravata < It), equiv. to brav(o) BRAVE + ada ADE1] Syn. brag, bluster, bombast, braggadocio. See courage. * * * …
19bravado — Synonyms and related words: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, arrogance, audaciousness, audacity, balls, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bold front, boldness, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism …
20bravado — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See boasting, insolence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boasting, bluster, bold front, swagger, vaunting, bragging, gasconade, grandiosity, fanfaronade, bombast, rant, braggadocio, bullying, blowing, puffing …
