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Definition of bravado in English: bravadonoun brəˈvɑːdəʊbrəˈvɑˌdoʊ mass nounA bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. he possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer's casual bravado Example sentencesExamples - He has the swagger and bravado - the coloured hair and the flash motor.
- Amid all the glorious fanfares and bravado there will be some frightened and anxious people.
- The voices are loud and harsh, reflecting anxiety and bravado in equal parts.
- The lawyer bobbed and weaved, then fielded questions with a touch of his own unique brand of bravado.
- Later, alcohol-fuelled bravado saw him insist that he could do a better job than his friend driving to a nightclub.
- He had certainly done his best to conceal it with his bluster and bravado and big bad persona.
- They spun around in the car parks and many of the cars had two guys out the back windows holding hands across the roof in a show of bravado.
- Quite the reverse, in fact, with his bravado hiding basic insecurities.
- He manages to steal the film, even next to various scenery-chewers' bits of bravado.
- It's for bravado or to be cool, but it inevitably ends in disaster.
- His swaggering bravado has turned me and a number of people I know way off.
- Swagger and arrogance is all very well but until that huge European Cup is hoisted aloft it is merely bluster and bravado.
- My friend thought he had beaten a rapid retreat after the initial, face-saving show of bravado.
- The fans are awestruck and their earlier bravado quickly disappears.
- Despite such bravado, oil prices rose to near-record highs in trading as jittery markets reacted to the alert.
- She ignored them, bolstered by her own sense of bravado and spurred on by the belief that everyone is a masochist in one way or another.
- The sheer bravado of its bid, and the unconfined joy with which its success was greeted, was evidence of a city with attitude.
- We recognise the familiar cushions and head rests, the trepidation of take-off and disguise of bravado.
- Faking bravado, I wave my hands about as a shopper walks by, and call out that I'm being prevented from leaving.
- The purity of the opening segment has slipped away, replaced by bravado and swagger.
Synonyms boldness, bold manner, swagger, swaggering, bluster, swashbuckling machismo boasting, boastfulness, bragging, bombast informal showing off Australian/New Zealand informal skite rare braggadocio, rodomontade, fanfaronade, gasconade
Origin Late 16th century: from Spanish bravada, from bravo 'bold' (see brave, -ado). Rhymes aficionado, amontillado, avocado, Bardo, Barnardo, bastinado, Colorado, desperado, Dorado, eldorado, incommunicado, Leonardo, Mikado, muscovado, Prado, renegado, Ricardo, stifado Definition of bravado in US English: bravadonounbrəˈväˌdōbrəˈvɑˌdoʊ A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. he possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer's casual bravado Example sentencesExamples - They spun around in the car parks and many of the cars had two guys out the back windows holding hands across the roof in a show of bravado.
- She ignored them, bolstered by her own sense of bravado and spurred on by the belief that everyone is a masochist in one way or another.
- Swagger and arrogance is all very well but until that huge European Cup is hoisted aloft it is merely bluster and bravado.
- He has the swagger and bravado - the coloured hair and the flash motor.
- Later, alcohol-fuelled bravado saw him insist that he could do a better job than his friend driving to a nightclub.
- He manages to steal the film, even next to various scenery-chewers' bits of bravado.
- His swaggering bravado has turned me and a number of people I know way off.
- Faking bravado, I wave my hands about as a shopper walks by, and call out that I'm being prevented from leaving.
- The lawyer bobbed and weaved, then fielded questions with a touch of his own unique brand of bravado.
- He had certainly done his best to conceal it with his bluster and bravado and big bad persona.
- We recognise the familiar cushions and head rests, the trepidation of take-off and disguise of bravado.
- The fans are awestruck and their earlier bravado quickly disappears.
- Despite such bravado, oil prices rose to near-record highs in trading as jittery markets reacted to the alert.
- The purity of the opening segment has slipped away, replaced by bravado and swagger.
- My friend thought he had beaten a rapid retreat after the initial, face-saving show of bravado.
- It's for bravado or to be cool, but it inevitably ends in disaster.
- The sheer bravado of its bid, and the unconfined joy with which its success was greeted, was evidence of a city with attitude.
- Quite the reverse, in fact, with his bravado hiding basic insecurities.
- The voices are loud and harsh, reflecting anxiety and bravado in equal parts.
- Amid all the glorious fanfares and bravado there will be some frightened and anxious people.
Synonyms boldness, bold manner, swagger, swaggering, bluster, swashbuckling
Origin Late 16th century: from Spanish bravada, from bravo ‘bold’ (see brave, -ado). |