Synonyms for bravado
brəˈvɑ doʊbrava·do

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1. bravado

   Synonyms:
   boasting, bragging, vaunting, bluster

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1. bravado, blusternoun

   a swaggering show of courage

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bluster, rhodomontade

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1. bravadonoun

   Synonyms:
   boast, boasting, brag, bluster, BLATHERSKITE

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1. bravadonoun

   Synonyms:
   brag, blustering, threat

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1. Tony Nadal:

   I feel the loss of all my soldiers, when you get through all the bravado … what you are left with is anguish. I have found help -- and the help is that the soldiers that fought at LZ X-Ray have been gathering together for the last 22 years and we have annual reunions. We have gotten very close.

2. John Nixon:

   My initial thoughts were to divert their attention away from the girl who was screaming. I shouted ‘leave her alone,’ but they turned on me, saying ‘We’ll take your money instead,’ and I said, ‘No you don’t.’ Kids this age are full of bravado, you see, they weren’t expecting a surprise.

3. Rand Paul:

   It kind of reminds me of the funniest moment, I think, of the second debate, where out of nowhere, complete non sequitur, he starts going after me. And I guess it's part of his bravado, his shtick, i'm thinking, how did we get the race for the most important office in the free world to sink to such depths, and how could anyone in my party think that this clown is fit to be president?

4. Pearl S. Buck:

   The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

5. Andrei Kelin:

   I have a feeling that London's idea of what is happening in Ukraine militarily is formed on the basis of the bravado reports of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian leadership.