Empty+boasting
1braggadocio — noun (plural cios) Etymology: Braggadochio, personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser Date: 1594 1. braggart 2. a. empty boasting b. arrogant pretension ; …
2braggadocio — braggadocian, adj. /brag euh doh shee oh /, n., pl. braggadocios. 1. empty boasting; bragging. 2. a boasting person; braggart. [after Braggadocchio, boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene (1590), appar. a pseudo It coinage based on BRAG] * …
3fanfaronade — n. 1. Bluster, swaggering, boasting, bragging, bullying, hectoring, gasconade, braggadocio. 2. Empty boasting, vain pretence, ostentation, flourish, bombast, rodomontade …
4braggadocio — brag•ga•do•ci•o [[t]ˌbræg əˈdoʊ ʃiˌoʊ[/t]] n. pl. ci•os 1) empty boasting; bragging 2) a boasting person; braggart • Etymology: after boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene (1590) brag ga•do′ci•an, adj …
5braggadocio — /brægəˈdoʊtʃioʊ/ (say braguh dohcheeoh) noun (plural braggadocios) 1. empty boasting; brag. 2. a boasting person; a braggart. {from Braggadochio, name of a boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene} …
6rhodomontade — noun vain and empty boasting • Syn: ↑braggadocio, ↑bluster, ↑rodomontade • Derivationally related forms: ↑bluster (for: ↑bluster) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
7vain-glory — n. 1. Vanity, empty pride, pride without merit. 2. Rodomontade, empty boasting …
8vainglory — [vān′glôr΄ē, vān glôr′ē] n. [ME vainglorie < OFr vaine gloire < L vana gloria, empty boasting: see VAIN & GLORY] 1. extreme self pride and boastfulness; excessive and ostentatious vanity 2. vain show or empty pomp SYN. PRIDE …
9Braggadocio — Brag ga*do cio, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser s Fa[ e]rie Queene. ] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. [1913 Webster] …
10fanfaronade — noun Etymology: French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón braggart Date: 1652 empty boasting ; bluster …
