Vocabulary
Bravado
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
Urdu meaning
ہمت کرنا، بہادری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Mr Thapar started the verbal battle with the full bravado ofthe Pandavas`half-brother,but to his `guest` Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari`s supporters, by the end of the programme, he lay like Bhishma on a bed of arrows.
- The more the domestic backlash in India, the more their leaders resorted to uncalled for rhetoric and bravado.
- The credibility of India`s government and media alike has taken a hit, as fabricated stories and triumphalist bravado collided with uncomfortable truths.
- Now consider that this isn`t bravado, but a statement of intent.
- Late to the public outrage against the proposed six canals on the Indus river to irrigate the Cholistan desert in south Punjab, the PPP, the ruling party in Sindh, tried to overcompensate with bravado.
Synonyms
boldness, bold manner, swagger, swaggering, bluster, swashbuckling, machismo
Curator example
“he possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer’s casual bravado”
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