bravado

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I could see easily that his bravado was assumed for the purpose of forestalling any objection on my part.

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  1. noun Defiant or swaggering behavior: strove to prevent our courage from turning into bravado.
  2. noun A pretense of courage; a false show of bravery.
  3. noun A disposition toward showy defiance or false expressions of courage.

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  • But her bravado was a cover for her own churning inner world.
  • For all the "Let's get it on" bravado, the championship swagger, the regular-season schedule appeared to catch them by surprise. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • Not the bravado, and the chauvinism, and the violence -- these things are the mask of grief for what we've done to ourselves and to the world. —  MRZine.org
  • Even as most mothers across America chuckle appreciatively about pit bulls and lipstick and applaud her bravado, they are making choices that look very un-Palinesque .... —  Latest Articles
  • False bravado is the initial reaction of the poser. —  studentlinc
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  1. French bravade and Old Spanish bravada, swagger, bravery, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *brabus, brave; see brave.

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  1. Formerly also bravade (from F bravade) = Old Danish bravat, from Spanish bravada, now bravata (= Italian bravata), boast, vain ostentation, from bravo = French brave = Italian bravo brave, bullying: see brave and bravo.
  2. from brarado, n.
 

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