Definitions for bravado

bravado bra·va·do

Spelling: [bruh-vah-doh]
IPA: /brəˈvɑ doʊ/

Bravado is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in bravado (aabdorv).

Definitions for bravado

noun

  1. a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

Origin of bravado

1575-85; Spanish bravada (now bravata brav(o) brave + -ada -ade1

Examples for bravado

When he saw Mathieu come in he believed in some act of bravado, and almost choked.

It perfectly illustrates the combination of bravado, real toughness, and a kind of lost-little-boy appeal that he has with women.

The last fragment of self-respect, of bravado even, was in tatters.

Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.

My tone was purposed insolence; I met his look with bravado.

They have a great sense of performance, bravado, and audacity.

There was something in the man's tone of bravado that stamped it genuine.

His eyes fell, his bravado vanished, he fumbled with the cutlery.

Zaharchenko on Friday night projected defiance rather than bravado, no doubt buoyed by the Moscow-sent materiel and fighters.

Picasso, with his polka-dot shirt and clashing tie attempted an air of bravado, but lost confidence by the minute.

Word Value for bravado
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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