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braggadocio

noun

ˌbra-gə-ˈdō-sē-ˌō How to pronounce braggadocio (audio)
Definition of braggadocionext
1
as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate

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2
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 the context of tens of thousands of DPS students who aren’t making gains quickly enough to ever meet proficiency levels, such fanfare is essentially distracting braggadocio. — Elaine Gantz Berman, Denver Post, 27 July 2026 In person, Huang subdues his ironic braggadocio with polite eye contact and rolling belly laughs at his own jokes. — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 For all of his entertaining braggadocio, his tongue is never lodged in cheek. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Rather than bluster and braggadocio, the Department of Defense needs a well-conceived and thoughtfully presented multiyear program to build a military fit for large-scale and sustained war. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for braggadocio
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braggadocio
  1. rhetoric
  2. braggart
  3. bombast
  4. brag
  5. grandiloquence
  6. blower
  7. chatter
  8. bluster
Noun
  • The announcement comes after months of escalating rhetoric from the president, who has repeatedly threatened to take over the territory citing national security purposes.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • One day, there was menacing rhetoric on Truth Social; the next, memes on X of penguins.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of rhetoric
Noun
  • Clayton is cool and kind and a big braggart.
    — Wendy Paris, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Not to become a braggart, but to amplify my or our team’s success on projects or risk going unnoticed.
    — Lintao "LT" Lu, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of braggart
Noun
  • All the bombast and charisma of the music and the persona were made to feel depressingly small.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The problem with the abstract expressionists’ relentless courting of the sublime was that the process of distillation produced too much bombast.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombast
Noun
  • One of the Roundhouse’s biggest brags is an extensive liquor collection, highlighting spirits produced in New York State.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Harvind Singh, the CEO of a consulting engineering firm in Chicago, didn't start keeping a brag log until mid-career.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 July 2026
Definition of brag
Noun
  • 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
  • Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.
    — Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
Definition of grandiloquence
Noun
  • This model quickly converts to a blower that uses a powerful fan.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The results, published this year in the ‘Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise’ journal, ranked a suit blower running cold air first and a cold-air helmet blower second.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of blower
Noun
  • There’s talk amongst the crowd about the album, but nothing as loud or abrasive as the chatter happening online about everything from her album cover to her single choices to her strong, vocal opinions about her album cover and single choices.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026
  • And for all the chatter, Jenna and Val’s first routine kind of falls flat anyway.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • De Zerbi is building a new-look squad around highly technical players and — for all his energy, bluster, nous and physicality – Richarlison does not fit that mould.
    — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For all their public bluster, Yemeni government forces remain internally fragmented.
    — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
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“Braggadocio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggadocio. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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