Fanfaronade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Bragging or blustering manner or behavior.
  • n. A fanfare.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Empty boasting, wildly self-assertive
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; bluster.
  • To make a flourish or display; bluster.
    • Word Usage
    "—Your aunt, Scrotes persisted, after the merest sniff, has remarked what she calls your fanfaronade."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    swaggering    ostentation    bluster   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blague    haiku-ist    waspishness    rockaway    unluckiness    slam-bang    innit    abjection    blurr    bot   
     
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