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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate
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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
The news was an opportunity for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exercise his penchant for braggadocio.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
Latto popped up first on the track, bringing some braggadocios bars before G Herbo jumped in with his rambunctious energy.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Taylor-Johnson and Gosling have a lot of fun with Tom’s braggadocio and Colt’s deadpan replies when the star actor and his stunt double finally face off.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2024
The most successful of his sprawling New York rap crew, Mayers vaulted to fame in 2011 with a style defined by suave braggadocio and self-mythologizing reminiscent of old-school legends such as Rakim and the Wu-Tang Clan.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
Latto popped up first on the track, bringing some braggadocios bars before G Herbo jumped in with his rambunctious energy.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Taylor-Johnson and Gosling have a lot of fun with Tom’s braggadocio and Colt’s deadpan replies when the star actor and his stunt double finally face off.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2024
The most successful of his sprawling New York rap crew, Mayers vaulted to fame in 2011 with a style defined by suave braggadocio and self-mythologizing reminiscent of old-school legends such as Rakim and the Wu-Tang Clan.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braggadocio
Noun
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This is fueled by misinformation, a growing distrust in government health authorities and the amplification of anti-vac rhetoric in social media and the popular news outlets.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Aug. 2025
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The stock began to drop the next day and never recovered, right into the teeth of President Trump's tariff rhetoric and the eventual Liberation Day crash.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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When a person lacks humility, the deficiency will show up as being a braggart and disrespectful.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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He’s swept away in a sea of raves MILAN — Giorgio Armani is not a very good braggart.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
WWD,
17 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Share wins as punchy screenshots Nobody has time for your three-paragraph humble brag about closing a big deal.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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There’s a whole new tone and dynamism to LinkedIn: more human, less not-so-humble brag.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
6 June 2023
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The chorus is essentially one word (peaches) repeated incessantly with operatic bombast.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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You’ll be treated to swank surroundings and a surprisingly refined and nuanced meal filled with bombast and a hint of down-to-earth charm from its culinary director, Ben Martinek (formerly of Montage Laguna Beach’s Loft and Studio).—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
3 June 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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Despite all the chatter on the outside, inside the ropes of the Bengals’ training camp launch this week, there was just solid work.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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And some of the chatter was about Bueckers hard-launching her relationship with her former UConn teammate Azzi Fudd.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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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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“Braggadocio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggadocio. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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