【每日一词】 braggadocio - n. 自夸，吹牛；吹牛大王

braggadocio - noun

　　Definition:

　　1a: empty boasting

　　1b: arrogant pretension : COCKINESS

　　the air of swaggering braggadocio that all important men are expected to show in fighting

　　—C. W. M. Hart

　　2: BRAGGART

Synonyms -

bluster,bombast,brag,bull[slang],

cockalorum,fanfaronade,gas,gasconade,

grandiloquence,hot air,magniloquence,

rant,rodomontade,rhodomontade.

Examples of braggadocio in a Sentence

　　a loudmouthed braggart who hid his cowardice with braggadocio

　　his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate

Recent Examples on the Web

　　But his braggadocio is still easy to find on the internet.

　　—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024

　　Those who know Mr. DeSantis describe him as intensely private, averse to personal braggadocio and more comfortable with policy than with people.

　　—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024

　　The scenes that include Mohamed, brilliantly embodied in all his braggadocio and humiliation by Salim Daw, and Dodi, his doe-eyed, dopey son, are among the season’s most riveting.

　　—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2023

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