† bravaden.
Obsolete.
= bravado n.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > instance of
bravade1579
brave1590
bravo1616
huff1773
Bobadilism1830
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Cvj Euen so will it be harder then yron for Englishmen to digest..the french insolencies and disdaynefull brauades.
1676 Pacquet Advices to Men of Shaftesbury 40 What occasion or need his Lordship had of this high Bravade.
1778 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (ed. 2) II. v. 80 He..disregarded this vain bravade.
1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 304 He ventured, by way of bravade, upon a single glass of claret.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† bravadev.
archaic or Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To look brave, assume a bold or defiant front. to bravade the street: to swagger along it.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] > assume blustering demeanour
bravade1634
1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 464 Ilk shaimles lowne, With his silk goune, Bravades the street.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Order sig. C3 The Archbishop of Spalato commeth forth..stoutly brandishing and bravading.
c1686 R. Law Memorialls (1818) 18 The Dutch fleet bravading there attacks the river.
2. transitive. To dare, brave, defy.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy
stout1303
defy1377
beard1476
brave1546
brag1551
outface1574
to hold (a person) waga1578
dare1580
outbrave1589
bedarea1596
maugre1597
championa1616
to bid defiance to1632
stem1675
bravadea1698
bravo1732
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 479 The Dutch navy bravades the English upon their coast.
Derivatives
braˈvading n. and adj.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance
despitec1380
cartel of defiancec1430
facing1481
facing and bracing1481
bearding1577
dare1594
braving1616
stouting1630
outbraving1631
affront1642
defiance1710
defial1793
bravadoing1809
bravading1812
defiantness1872
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 88 Many..wrote and spoke of this bravading..with much applause.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 251 Listening to the bravading tales of gay Christie.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 278 Sir Joshua..with his arm a-kimbo, bravading cap, and chosen air of importance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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