variants also rhodomontade

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rodomontade
Noun
  • Concerns over antisemitic rhetoric and vandalism didn’t even tighten the race.
    Sara Forman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
  • Trump also targeted Canada in his rhetoric, suggesting the country could become the 51st state in the U.S.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The most accomplished tracks excel at a carefree braggadocio and bottomless defiance foundational to hip-hop, fitting since Ice Spice hails from the Bronx, the birthplace of the culture.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
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
  • Merz, 69, is impulsive, prickly under pressure and occasionally leans into populist bluster.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
  • Combined with the mandatory fawning sycophancy required of everyone in his orbit, the President fits the profile of an emotionally insecure man whose bluster collapses when push comes to shove.
    Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
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“Rodomontade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rodomontade. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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