noun. A show of bravery or defiance, often in order to make a false impression or mislead someone.

noun. Pretentious boldness or bravery; arrogant or boastful menace; swaggering defiance.

noun. One who indulges in boastful and arrogant menaces.

Arrogantly bold or menacing; said or done in bravado: as, “bravado bets,”

noun. Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

noun. A swaggering show of defiance or courage.

noun. A false show of courage.

noun. a swaggering show of courage

"Also, Graham realized that the turning of her head and the waving of her arm was only partly in bravado, was more in aesthetic wisdom of the picture she composed, and was, most of all, sheer joy of daring and emprise of the blood and the flesh and the life that was she."

fanfare  flash  ostentation  

Abbado  Alvarado  Colorado  Coronado  Dorado  

aggression  arrogance  banter  bluster  boldness  

adventuresomeness  adventurousness  arrogance  audaciousness  audacity  

bravadoes