bravadonoun [ U ]
uk/brəˈvɑː.dəʊ/us/brəˈvɑː.doʊ/a show of courage, especially when unnecessary and dangerous, to make people admire you:
It was an act of bravado that made him ask his boss to resign.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Doing things without fear or proper thought
- daredevil
- desperado
- devil-may-care
- foolhardy
- heroics
- impulsive
- impulsiveness
- lemming
- like lemmings idiom
- like there is/was no tomorrow idiom
- precipitation
- rash
- second thought
- snap
- thought
- throw
- throw caution to the wind/winds idiom
- tomorrow
- trigger-happy
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