rodomontade

noun

ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād How to pronounce rodomontade (audio)
variants also rhodomontade
Definition of rodomontadenext
as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath

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  1. rhetoric
  2. braggadocio
  3. grandiloquence
  4. bluster
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of rhetoric
Noun
  • On Instagram, where Chavez already has more than 53,000 followers, her game seems custom-fitted to a highlight reel — smooth handle, deep range and a dash of braggadocio.
    Michael Errigo, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • 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.
    Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of braggadocio
Noun
  • 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
  • Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.
    Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
Definition of grandiloquence
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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
  • 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
Definition of bluster
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“Rodomontade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rodomontade. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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