as in bravado
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastfulness
Noun
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This wasn’t just technical bravado, but a commitment to realism.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
4 June 2025 -
Few contemporary actors better embody the bravado and edginess of native New Yorkers than Natasha Lyonne.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
17 May 2025
Noun
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On Saturday, on the streets of Washington, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly and ostentatious military parade, a gaudy display of waste and vainglory staged solely to inflate the president’s dirigible-sized ego.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
Noun
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The lines between competitive stubbornness and plain old stubbornness, a healthy arrogance and prideful ignorance are pretty thin.—
Will Graves,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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Individuals with big egos display excessive pride in their abilities and accomplishments, often leading to arrogance and overconfidence.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Inside, the breathless triumphalism continued nonstop.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2025
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Supporters would not respond well to such triumphalism if defeats come more regularly, and as his predecessor Gary O’Neil found, such feel-good sentiments do not take long to dissipate.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Ditto his distinctive appearance, trumped only by a persuasive smile that conveyed an innocence and friendliness somewhat at odds with his braggadocio tales and hedonistic tendencies.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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The news was an opportunity for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exercise his penchant for braggadocio.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
Noun
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At 88, the blues legend still prowls the stage like a man with something to prove—but there’s also a real sensitivity to his swagger.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Speaking of which, here’s where audiences first became acquainted with Ewan McGregor, who alongside Kerry Fox and Christopher Eccleston serves up so much charismatic, 20-something rebellious swagger that he was destined to become a movie star.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The closest approximations to conventional pop motifs — the strongest ones on the record — err on bombast and balladry.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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And the Attachment Theory, with all of its effortless bombast, is the perfect accompaniment for this new stage in her career.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Boastfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastfulness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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