Bravado

What do we mean by bravado?

A show of bravery or defiance, often in order to make a false impression or mislead someone. noun

Pretentious boldness or bravery; arrogant or boastful menace; swaggering defiance. noun

One who indulges in boastful and arrogant menaces. noun

Arrogantly bold or menacing; said or done in bravado: as, “bravado bets,”

Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. noun

A swaggering show of defiance or courage. noun

A false show of courage. noun

A swaggering show of courage noun

A swaggering show of defiance or courage.

A false show of courage.

A swaggerer; a braggart.

Words that are spelled similarly to bravado:
bravado, bravade.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bravado:
lancelot, swagger, roh, harlem, sheer, lance, bucks, antioch, persona, tag, brothers, lyrical, jake, cry, confidence, deeper, airborne, wrestling, impressed, rap, mercury, dragon, gate, rolling, praised, jay, fun, rising, defeated, hero, duo, jimmy, dave, critic, instrumental, tell, match, matt, lyrics, makes, saying, kings, khan, taylor, bad, poetry.

Words that rhyme with bravado:
avocado, silverado, desperado, incommunicado, eldorado, dorado, colorado, mikado, prado, delgado, machado, mercado, amado, rosado, alvarado, coronado, cruzado, grado, el dorado, laudo, morado, rado, maldonado, tostado, furtado, granado, tirado, casado, salgado, corrado, abbado, capital of colorado, rinaudo, aguado, hurtado, collado, varnado, peinado, guardado, jurado, cuadrado, toronado, albarado, regalado, morgado, preciado, baldonado, ribaudo, alzado, god o, god oh, kadow, lagnado, lucado, odd o, pitblado, raw dough, sepulvado, varnadoe, vornado, yokado.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bravado:
mere, false, sheer, such, more, much, reckless, youthful, certain, pure, usual, male, foolish, empty, sexual, masculine, characteristic, typical, drunken, insolent, boyish, adolescent, military, less, idle, customary, desperate, fine, earlier, childish, forced, nervous, outward, elaborate, useless, defiant, senseless, verbal, gay, mock, rhetorical, silly, cool, vain, enough, spanish, cynical, noisy, pathetic, foolhardy, careless, wild, apparent, sudden, theatrical, exaggerated, harmless, resolute, conscious, loud, hollow, romantic, vulgar, blustering, heroic, cheap, humorous, unnecessary, cruel, assumed, excessive, stupid, austrian, arrogant, mad, impudent, teenage, daring, aggressive, rash, puerile.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bravado:
manner.

Words that sound like bravado:
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