All gasconade synonyms
gasΒ·conΒ·ade
G g verb gasconade
- bully β A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
- brag β If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- gloat β to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- flourish β to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- advertise β If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- bluster β If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- aggrandize β To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- cock-a-doodle-doo β an imitation or representation of a cock crowing
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- crow β A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
- flaunt β to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- flatter oneself β to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
- give a good account of oneself β If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
- blow one's own horn β If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself.
- exaggerate β Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is.
- exult β Show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.
noun gasconade
- self-interest β regard for one's own interest or advantage, especially with disregard for others.
- swell-headed β a vain or arrogant person.
- pride and joy β a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- bombast β Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- conceitedness β having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.
- vainness β excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- tumid β swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- self-worship β reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- boast β If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- boasting β to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- braggadocio β vain empty boasting
- altiloquence β Pompous language; lofty speech.
- self-absorption β preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- heroics β Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- egoism β An ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality.
- megalomania β Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
- tympany β Pathology. tympanites.
- rhapsody β Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- boastful β If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- bravado β Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
- fanfaronade β bragging; bravado; bluster.
- narcissism β inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- self-admiration β a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-glorification β a glorified or more splendid form of something.