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doʊ noun, plural bra·va·does, bra·va·dos.
a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
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| —n , pl -does, -dos | |
| vaunted display of courage or self-confidence; swagger | |
| [C16: from Spanish bravada (modern bravata), from Old Italian bravare to challenge, provoke, from bravo wild, | |
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Bravado
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
bravado
1580s, from Fr. bravade "bragging, boasting," from It. bravata "bragging, boasting" (16c.), from bravare "brag, boast, be defiant," from bravo (see brave). Influenced in form by Sp. words ending in -ado.
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Example sentences
Yet its bravado has colored the mail service ever since.
She took the tough rasp of old blues shouters and made it her own by bringing out pain and tension to match the bravado.
In other words, it wasn't so much an act of kindness or even a power move as it was an act of bravado.
Lately, however, his bravado has sounded increasingly misplaced.
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