rodomontade
Empty, inflated bragging
Rodomontade is boastful, extravagant talk—bluster that exceeds any reasonable basis in fact.
The word suggests theatrical self-aggrandizement, someone puffing themselves up with inflated claims: His speech was pure rodomontade, full of grandiose promises he couldn't possibly keep.
As a verb, to rodomontade is to boast or brag in this excessive manner.
Loud, empty boasting
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- gasconadeFlamboyant self-praise
- vauntBrag or crow
bragging · bombast · grandiloquence · puffery · self-aggrandizement · chest-thumping · showboating · crowing
Ruinous excessive confidence
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
vanity · superciliousness · egotism · loftiness · presumption · overconfidence · smugness · contemptuousness
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- inflationSustained price level increase
magnification · dramatization · tall tale · puffery · stretching · overemphasis · grandiosity · extravagance
bluster
Loud, empty boasting
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- gasconadeFlamboyant self-praise
vaunt · bragging · bombast · grandiloquence · puffery · self-aggrandizement · chest-thumping · showboating · crowing · hot air
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
haughtiness · vanity · superciliousness · egotism · loftiness · presumption · overconfidence · smugness · contemptuousness · disdain
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
inflation · magnification · dramatization · tall tale · puffery · stretching · overemphasis · grandiosity · extravagance · overblown
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
blather · drivel · twaddle · poppycock · malarkey · flapdoodle · bosh · hokum · tripe · wind
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
- blusterboast, boasting, rant, bragging, swagger
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- showoffsshowoff, show-off, braggart, bragger, boaster
rodomontadeunderstatement
Intentional diminishment for effect
litotes · meiosis · restraint · reticence · taciturnity
rodomontadehumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · self-deprecation · diffidence · self-effacement · unpretentiousness