Synonyms of gasconade

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gasconade 1 of 2

noun

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as in fanfaronade

boastful speech or writing

if you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fanfaronade
• hot air
• cockalorum
• rhetoric
• rhodomontade
• rodomontade
• magniloquence
• brag
• gas
• chatter
• bull
• rant
• grandiloquence
• braggadocio
• bombast
• bluster
• jawing
• rhapsody
• turgidity
• wind
• oratory
• pomposity
• prattle
• jabber
• windiness
• babble
• verbosity
• gibberish
• swagger
• gabble
• bloviation
• gibber
• blab
• drivel
• yammering
• egotism
• prating
• patter
• vaunt
• self-conceit
• self-importance

gasconade

2 of 2

verb

as in to boast

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

the Baron Münchhausen was so notorious for gasconading about his purported exploits as soldier and hunter that his name has become synonymous with the telling of tall tales

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boast
• brag
• vapor
• display
• blow smoke
• bull
• blow
• crow
• exhibit
• swagger
• pride
• show off
• vaunt
• glory
• puff
• bluster
• gush
• harangue
• parade
• maximize
• rejoice
• expose
• exult
• flaunt
• magnify
• glorify
• brandish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laugh off
• minimize
• pooh
• discount
• diminish
• deprecate
• underrate
• undervalue
• belittle
• play down
• shrug off
• regret
• mourn
• pooh-pooh
• lament
• bemoan

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• laugh off
• minimize
• pooh
• discount
• diminish
• deprecate
• underrate
• undervalue
• belittle
• play down
• shrug off
• regret
• mourn
• pooh-pooh
• lament
• bemoan

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