variants
also rhodomontade
as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath
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About four in 10 LGBTQ+ youth seriously consider suicide every year, according to the Trevor Project’s 2024 annual survey; meanwhile, 90% of LGBTQ+ youth said increasing political rhetoric targeting the community had negatively affected their mental health.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
18 July 2025 -
Real patriots pay no heed to such undemocratic, childish rhetoric.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 July 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.—
Michael Nordine,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2022
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In Killarney, German businessmen described the respect their grandparents had for America’s leadership after World War II and then lashed out at the bluster and lies that currently pass for dialogue and diplomacy in Washington.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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Even critics who considered his policies cruel and racist – and there were many – admitted that behind the bluster there was the charm of a true believer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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“Rodomontade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rodomontade. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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