单词	bravado
释义	bravadobra‧va‧do /brəˈvɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINbravado Origin: 1500-1600 French bravade and Old Spanish bravata, from Old Italian bravata, from brava; ➔ BRAVE1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The new recruits were full of youthful bravado. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Alternatively, respondents may exaggerate their delinquencies out of bravado, especially likely with juveniles. As after all I was not a bad little boy but I was shy and covered it up by bravado. But there was no bravado in it at the time. Having gone that long undetected by the enemies sitting almost next to me, I'd got my over-confident bravado back with interest. Later, in the retelling, the act would take on a certain amount of bravado. My bravado emanated from the knowledge that a certain lady was looking out of her window. Other work-inhibited students express a false bravado. The snakes eat themselves at the top of the food-chain out of habit or boredom or sheer bravado. behaviour that is deliberately intended to make other people believe you are brave and confident:  youthful bravado
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