Bravado
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noun.
A show of bravery or defiance, often in order to make a false impression or mislead someone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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,”
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
swaggering
show
of
defiance
or
courage
.
noun.
A
false
show of courage.
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noun.
a swaggering show of courage