fanfaronade

fan·far·o·nade

noun \ˌfan-ˌfa-rə-ˈnād, -ˈnäd\

Definition of FANFARONADE

: empty boasting : bluster

Examples of FANFARONADE

1. <all his talk of how he would easily win the boxing match turned out to be so much fanfaronade>

Origin of FANFARONADE

French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón braggart

First Known Use: 1652

Related to FANFARONADE

Synonyms: bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, bombast, 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

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Rhymes with FANFARONADE

harlequinade, overpersuade, rodomontade