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111rodomontade — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bluster, pretension, grandiloquence, exaggeration; see bravado . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I also rhodomontade noun An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE.… …
112braggadocio — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. One given to boasting: boaster, brag, braggart, bragger, vaunter. Informal: blowhard. Slang: blower. See PRAISE. 2. An act of boasting: boast, brag, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See… …
113gasconade — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE. II verb To talk with excessive pride: boast, brag, crow, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE …
114Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery …
115swaggering — n. Bravado, bluster, gasconade, flourish, fanfaronade …
116bluster — I. v. n. 1. Roar (as the wind), make a loud noise. 2. Vapor, swagger, bully, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully. See boast. 3. Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing. II. n. 1. Boisterousness, noise, tumu …
117boast — I. v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, vapor, bluster, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one s self, magnify one s self, give one s self airs, talk big, ride a high horse. II. v. a. 1. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of. 2. (Sculp.) Shape… …
118bullying — I. a. Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish. II. n. Bluster, swagger, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaporing, hectoring, fire eating, mock heroics, browbeating, domineering …
119gasconade — I. n. Boast, brag, vaunt, bravado, vaporing, fanfaronade, bluster, swagger, great cry and little wool. II. v. n. Boast, brag, vaunt, swagger, bluster, vapor …
120boast — 1. verb 1) his mother had been boasting about him Syn: brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, show off; exaggerate, overstate; informal talk big, blow one s own horn, lay it on thick 2) the hotel boasts a fine restaurant Syn …
