bravado

Definition

  • noun: confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other people
  • noun: blustering swaggering conduct
  • synonyms: bluster, defiance

Examples

  • His stories are always told with 'bravado'.

  • I remember his youthful 'bravado'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Stan here... ...is much more complex than that. See, according to leading psychiatrists... ...Stan's a bully for one of three reasons. One: Underneath all of that male bravado... ...there's an insecure little girl banging on the closet door trying to get out. Two: Like a caveman... (..)
    2009 17 Again