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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate
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as in braggart
someone who boasts
the swaggering braggadocio is a stock figure of American folklore, with Davy Crockett and Mike Fink being prime examples
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Recent Examples of braggadocio
You’d be forgiven for taking the title of their new album, Easy Being A Winner, as a bit of not-undeserved-but-slightly-delusional braggadocio.
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Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
Lyles’ bravado and braggadocios style has become part of his global persona; the Adidas athlete even advocated for his own signature sneaker at the podium on Sunday.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In fact, Moscow has been annoyed by Assad’s recent braggadocio about reasserting total control.
—Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2016
Many of the traits now so associated with the former president — the tendency to pit people against one another and braggadocio — appeared first in the family patriarch.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
Lyles’ bravado and braggadocios style has become part of his global persona; the Adidas athlete even advocated for his own signature sneaker at the podium on Sunday.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In fact, Moscow has been annoyed by Assad’s recent braggadocio about reasserting total control.
—Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2016
Many of the traits now so associated with the former president — the tendency to pit people against one another and braggadocio — appeared first in the family patriarch.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braggadocio
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However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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He’s swept away in a sea of raves MILAN — Giorgio Armani is not a very good braggart.Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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Researchers also studied real-life workplace braggarts and found their colleagues often perceived them negatively.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 May 2024
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The brag quickly caught the attention of Swift fans across social media, who rushed to attack Spector while defending Swift.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The retelling is less of a brag and more of Morris simply being excited about the experience.Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
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In the rank and file of men showering the cocks and balls took on the air almost of an independent species, exhibited in instructive contrasts.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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Photo: Everett Collection / Everett Collection Sleight gets extra points for being an unexpected indie genre picture amid so much scary bombast.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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Though Gotham stories are always primed for whimsical plot twists, there’s a matter-of-fact quality to Folie à Deux that is likely going to come as a disappointment to fans expecting theatrical bombast.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
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But, as much as some chatter wants this to be the next Barbeheimer, that doesn’t seem to be in the cards.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Despite internet chatter that Friday night's outcome was predetermined, the match was officially sanctioned by Texas regulators.Rob Wile, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
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But once that process is decided — hopefully smoothly — the White House will have to start to work with Capitol Hill, which is where, for all the bluster of the presidency, the laws that govern the U.S. are written.Evan Clark, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Even with all his newfound bluster, Minhaj has a tendency to rely more on attitude and performance to sell jokes than surprising punch lines.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Braggadocio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggadocio. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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