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Synonyms of fanfaronade
boastful speech or writing
- all his talk of how he would easily win the boxing match turned out to be so much fanfaronade
Synonyms for fanfaronade
- bluster,
- bombast,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- bull
- [slang],
- cockalorum,
- gas,
- gasconade,
- grandiloquence,
- hot air,
- magniloquence,
- rant,
- rodomontade
- (also rhodomontade)
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“Fanfaronade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanfaronade. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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