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91bravado — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See boasting, insolence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boasting, bluster, bold front, swagger, vaunting, bragging, gasconade, grandiosity, fanfaronade, bombast, rant, braggadocio, bullying, blowing, puffing …
92ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …
93boast — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brag, bragging, vaunt, source of pride, gasconade, pretension, self satisfaction, avowal, bravado, bluster. v. 1. [To brag] Syn. gloat, triumph, brag, swagger, exult, crow, show off, vaunt, swell, strut, bluff, flaunt,… …
94boastful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bragging, pretentious, bombastic, braggart; see egotistic 2 , proud 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bragging, blustering, vaunting, pompous, vain, arrogant, conceited, *full of hot air, vainglorious, strutting,… …
95egotistic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Centered in self] Syn. egoistic, self centered, egocentric, personal, subjective, individualistic, introverted, solipsistic, inner directed, isolationist, idiosyncratic. Ant. social*, extrinsic, cosmopolitan. 2. [Having… …
96magniloquent — (adj.) 1650s, a back formation from magniloquence, or else from L. magniloquentia lofty style of language, from magniloquus pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful, from comb. form of magnus great (see MAGNATE (Cf. magnate)) + loquus speaking, from… …
97vaunt — (v.) c.1400, speak vainly or proudly, from M.Fr. vanter to praise, speak highly of, from L.L. vanitare to boast, frequentative of L. vanare to utter empty words, from vanus idle, empty (see VAIN (Cf. vain)). Related: Vaunted; vaunting …
98air — sb. 697 β == airs, pride, vaunting. RG. 51, 397 …
99vaunt — [vɔ:nt] verb [usu. as adjective vaunted] boast about or praise (something) excessively. noun archaic a boast. Derivatives vaunter noun vaunting adjective vauntingly adverb Or …
100boastful — a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, braggart, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock a hoop …
