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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

adventuresomeness, adventurousness, arrogance, audaciousness, audacity, balls, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bold front, boldness, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravura, brazenness, bullying, bumptiousness, bustle, cheekiness, cockiness, conceit, contempt, contemptuousness, daring, daringness, defial, defiance, defying, derision, derring-do, despite, disdain, disregard, enterprise, fanfaronade, flurry, fluster, foolhardiness, front, fuss, gasconade, gasconism, hectoring, heroics, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intimidation, jactation, jactitation, machismo, overboldness, pertness, pretentiousness, rant, rodomontade, sauciness, self-assurance, side, splutter, sputter, swagger, swashbucklery, vanity, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, venturesomeness, venturousness

Dictionary Results for bravado:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bravado
    n 1: a swaggering show of courage [syn: bravado, bluster]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bravado \Bra*va"do\, n., pl. Bravadoes. [Sp. bravada, bravata,
   boast, brag: cf. F. bravade. See Brave.]
   Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
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         In spite of our host's bravado.          --Irving.
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