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Synonyms of gasconade
(Entry 1 of 2)
boastful speech or writing
- if you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own
Synonyms for gasconade
- bluster,
- bombast,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- bull
- [slang],
- cockalorum,
- fanfaronade,
- gas,
- grandiloquence,
- hot air,
- magniloquence,
- rant,
- rodomontade
- (also rhodomontade)
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of gasconade (Entry 2 of 2)
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
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“Gasconade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconade. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of gasconade was in 1709
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