braggadocio

noun

ˌbra-gə-ˈdō-sē-ˌō How to pronounce braggadocio (audio)
Definition of braggadocionext
1
as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate

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2
as in braggart
someone who boasts the swaggering braggadocio is a stock figure of American folklore, with Davy Crockett and Mike Fink being prime examples

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Recent Examples of braggadocio In person, Huang subdues his ironic braggadocio with polite eye contact and rolling belly laughs at his own jokes. — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Linda has traditionally been played as a soft, doting figure blinded by admiration for her husband, in all his busted braggadocio. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026 For all of his entertaining braggadocio, his tongue is never lodged in cheek. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Rather than bluster and braggadocio, the Department of Defense needs a well-conceived and thoughtfully presented multiyear program to build a military fit for large-scale and sustained war. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for braggadocio
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braggadocio
  1. rhetoric
  2. braggart
  3. bombast
  4. brag
  5. grandiloquence
  6. blower
  7. chatter
  8. bluster
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the Israeli prime minister also sharpened his already-combative rhetoric against Erdogan.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The refugees have increasingly become targets of anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of rhetoric
Noun
  • Clayton is cool and kind and a big braggart.
    — Wendy Paris, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Not to become a braggart, but to amplify my or our team’s success on projects or risk going unnoticed.
    — Lintao "LT" Lu, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of braggart
Noun
  • The problem with the abstract expressionists’ relentless courting of the sublime was that the process of distillation produced too much bombast.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The players either dramatically make or subtly avoid eye contact with one another as the song builds to an epic crescendo, complete with eerie chanting, orchestral bombast, and booming timpani drums.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombast
Noun
  • Harvind Singh, the CEO of a consulting engineering firm in Chicago, didn't start keeping a brag log until mid-career.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 July 2026
  • But not even Footer’s thorough sleuthing has unearthed much more than Bradley’s brag.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of brag
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
Definition of grandiloquence
Noun
  • The deli counter handwash sink didn’t have any paper towels or mechanical blower.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The blowers must purse their lips in just the right spot and exercise extraordinary breath control.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of blower
Noun
  • Tech Challenges While the chair’s speech and the sideline chatter about economic and political events frequently dominate news from the symposium, Jackson Hole is also an important forum for high level debate on economic research.
    — Maria Eloisa Capurro, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In a sprightly performance rife with oddball mannerisms, Gnecco gives Borges equal parts impish wisdom, earthy vulgarity and childlike wonder, rarely letting a moment’s silence go unfilled with eager chatter.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • In the end, all of Ormund's bluster about the the unworthiness of the Targaryens didn't stop a dragon from killing him.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Amid the tumult and the bluster and the noise, what exactly makes our singular president tick?
    — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
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“Braggadocio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggadocio. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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