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gasconadenoun boastful speech or writingif you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own bluster, bombast, brag, braggadocio, bull(slang), cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade(also rhodomontade) oratory, rhapsody, rhetoricpomposity, turgidity, windbloviation, verbosity, windinessbabble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattlejawing, patter, prating, yammeringegotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt gasconadeverbto praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excessthe Baron Münchausen was so notorious for gasconading about his purported exploits as soldier and hunter that his name has become synonymous with the telling of tall tales blow, boast, brag, bull(slang), crow, swagger, vapor, vaunt bluster, harangue, puffpridegushexult, glory, rejoicebrandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show offmagnify, maximize blow smoke belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh(also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervaluebemoan, lament, mourn, regret in 1709 |