gasconade

Meaning

Noun

Boastful talk.

Adj

Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.

Verb

To talk boastfully.

Synonyms

brag

vaunt

boast

bragging

tout

shoot a line

bluster

crow

crowing

gas

line-shooting

vaporing

swash

boasting

blow

rhodomontade

rodomontade

swagger

splurge

show off

pretension

pretense

pomposity

ostentation

bray

Translations

vangloriar-se

prahlen

vantarsi

ostentar

alardear

jactarse

protzen

vanter

snoeven

fanfarrear

fanfarronejar

bramarbasieren

brüsten

bravata

aufschneiden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡæskəˈneɪd/

Etymology

Cognate with French: gasconnade

In summary

From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.