variants also rhodomontade

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rodomontade
Noun
  • In the absence of evidence, Trump always rushes in with rhetoric.
    Chris Brennan, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • In recent years, many of Ye’s public outbursts have had antisemitic rhetoric.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Ditto his distinctive appearance, trumped only by a persuasive smile that conveyed an innocence and friendliness somewhat at odds with his braggadocio tales and hedonistic tendencies.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • The news was an opportunity for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exercise his penchant for braggadocio.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
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
Noun
  • Here comes 72 hours of ballyhoo and bluster about the state of the television business.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 May 2025
  • The Trump administration favors bluster over diplomacy, treating Canada with disdain.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Rodomontade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rodomontade. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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