Braggadocio
[,brægә'dәutʃiәu]
Definition
(n.) A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
(n.) Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, BLATHERSKITE, gascon, vain-glorious fellow.
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Definition
n. and adj. a braggart or boaster: empty boasting.
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Examples
- He could not endure his airs as a man of fashion, and laughed heartily at his pompous braggadocio stories. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Here in Gibraltar he corners these educated British officers and badgers them with braggadocio about America and the wonders she can perform! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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