braggadocio

brag·ga·do·cio

noun \ˌbra-gə-ˈdō-sē-ˌō, -shē-, -chē-, -(ˌ)shō, -(ˌ)chō\

: the annoying or exaggerated talk of someone who is trying to sound very proud or brave

plural brag·ga·do·cios

Full Definition of BRAGGADOCIO

1

:  braggart

2

a :  empty boasting

b :  arrogant pretension :  cockiness

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Examples of BRAGGADOCIO

1. a loudmouthed braggart who hid his cowardice with braggadocio
2. <his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate>

Origin of BRAGGADOCIO

Braggadochio, personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

First Known Use: 1594

Related to BRAGGADOCIO

Synonyms

bluster, brag, bombast, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

Related Words

oratory, rhapsody, rhetoric; pomposity, turgidity, wind; bloviation, verbosity, windiness; babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattle; jawing, patter, prating, yammering; egotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt

Rhymes with BRAGGADOCIO

ab initio, archipelago, dog and pony show, duodecimo, ex officio, generalissimo, glory-of-the-snow, impresario, internuncio, oratorio, Paramaribo, pianissimo, variety show