boastfulness

noun

Definition of boastfulnessnext
as in bravado

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastfulness
  1. bravado
  2. vainglory
  3. arrogance
  4. triumphalism
  5. braggadocio
  6. swagger
  7. bombast
  8. pomposity
Noun
  • Modern Warfare would become known for its bombastic, contemporary stories with Michael Bay-sized set pieces and bravado, with larger than life characters defined by thick accents, bushy mustaches, and cool masks.
    Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Wood’s bravado was typical of Northern dissenters against the Union.
    Longreads, Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of bravado
Noun
  • The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Definition of vainglory
Noun
  • Dastmalchian gets to play it all — disbelief, arrogance, grieving, terrified — sometimes in the same moment.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • These things are a big investment of time and to have not one, but two of them that might otherwise have had a reasonable expectation of success — probably arrogance on my part — but still, many times an author who gets published once can get published a second time.
    Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • The Golden State Warriors Photo: Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images The Golden State Warriors of the 2010s was an avatar for Silicon Valley triumphalism.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Any sense of triumphalism was overshadowed by the alarm that Iran would have attempted such a serious attack in the first place—and concern that the next such assault may not be so easily repelled.
    Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of triumphalism
Noun
  • On Instagram, where Chavez already has more than 53,000 followers, her game seems custom-fitted to a highlight reel — smooth handle, deep range and a dash of braggadocio.
    Michael Errigo, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • You’d be forgiven for taking the title of their new album, Easy Being A Winner, as a bit of not-undeserved-but-slightly-delusional braggadocio.
    Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of braggadocio
Noun
  • Another Mifune starrer — has any actor ever had greater swagger?
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In multiple scenes of the trial playing on TV in the Asylum or of Arthur returning from a long day of court with Joker-ish swagger, the camera focuses on a young inmate (Connor Storrie) who watches Arthur with an obsessive gleam in his eye.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of swagger
Noun
  • Photo: Everett Collection / Everett Collection Sleight gets extra points for being an unexpected indie genre picture amid so much scary bombast.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Though Gotham stories are always primed for whimsical plot twists, there’s a matter-of-fact quality to Folie à Deux that is likely going to come as a disappointment to fans expecting theatrical bombast.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of bombast
Noun
  • Critics sometimes faulted his performances for pomposity.
    Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Berry says that Laszlo’s pomposity thrives because no one in the house is willing to call him out on his nonsense.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of pomposity
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