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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate
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as in braggart
someone who boasts
the swaggering braggadocio is a stock figure of American folklore, with Davy Crockett and Mike Fink being prime examples
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Recent Examples of braggadocio
In hindsight, that moment of hubristic braggadocio may have provoked the wrath of the retail gods.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
This display exposes the campaign’s braggadocio.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Gulf Coast braggadocio, coupled with an incredibly effective government relations team, makes Bollinger an exciting-sounding partner.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
However much that may be true, there can’t be many other actors that could play such a lovable loser with so much braggadocio and pathos.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
This display exposes the campaign’s braggadocio.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Gulf Coast braggadocio, coupled with an incredibly effective government relations team, makes Bollinger an exciting-sounding partner.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
However much that may be true, there can’t be many other actors that could play such a lovable loser with so much braggadocio and pathos.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for braggadocio
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braggadocio
Noun
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Barack Obama’s administration detained unaccompanied children and families despite humanitarian rhetoric, contradicting Clinton’s assertion that children were not placed in detention camps.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The report notes despite the political rhetoric, clean energy stocks have outperformed traditional energy by over 45% since early 2025, driven largely by macroeconomic and interest rate trends rather than by partisan politics.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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Still, Kimmel never came off as a braggart.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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The infamous length of Infinite Jest is, in this sense, a central feature of its ethic: not bigness as brag but duration as discipline.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Important to remember Epstein was known brag about his associations with wealthy and powerful people.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
18 Dec. 2025
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The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
6 June 2023
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Too big, too flashy, too red, too everything — a tacky pile of bombast in the vein of the Fontainebleau Hotel.—
Christopher Robbins,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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And Geoff Zanelli’s score ranges effectively from ominous electronica to fun orchestral bombast.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
13 June 2023
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.—
Michael Nordine,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2022
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This year’s unexpected winner, however worthy, is likely to re-stoke debate over the category within BAFTA and kids and family circles, following chatter last year after Paddington In Peru was excluded from the long-list.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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Grinning and giggling, their chatter in between camera setups is all over the place.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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Zappolo, the sportscaster, said there was a sweet teddy bear behind the game-day bluster.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Zappolo said there was a sweet teddy bear behind the game-day bluster.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Braggadocio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggadocio. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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