Bravado: alternatives and connections

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Bravado

Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

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Fanfare 76% connected

A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Ostentation 76% connected

The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

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Tout 74% connected

To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tout 74% connected

To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

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Bluster 92% connected

To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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