Many of us would like to learn to speak beautifully and not to repeat the same word in neighboring sentences. It is for such purposes that there is classical literature, in which there is an extensive base of archaic and new words for you. In the article below we learn the meaning of the word “bravado”.
Small introduction
In general, many people use some words incorrectly. And all because they understood the meaning incorrectly or superficially. Such personalities most often like to brag to others about what they don’t know before whom the braggart is crucifying.
However, in a society of educated people, such a person is rejected and will no longer communicate with him. Therefore, it is extremely important to monitor your vocabulary and learn new words. But at the same time, it’s not to study according to the principle “I saw the first definition and forgot”, but rather, it is worth writing down a whole range of meanings.
Bravado - what is it in explanatory dictionaries?
All the meanings in the dictionaries were reduced to a minimum and reduced to entimems for a better understanding of the meaning of the text. So let's figure it out and find out what is written there, in explanatory dictionaries. You will find a description of this below:
- Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language. Bravado is ostentatious courage, exposing oneself in too good a light for no objective reason. Stupid self-praise due to belittling the neighbor.
- Synonym dictionary. Do you want to know that this is bravado? Let’s explain now that bravado is a common boast, and usually there are no real reasons for boasting. Also appears in the meaning of daring, dashing along with ostentatious courage.
- Historical Dictionary of Gallicisms of the Russian Language. This is absurdity, expressed in the fact that a person shows off before others, or banal insolence.
- Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary is a reference among others, it is most often referred to in the design of scientific papers, so pay special attention to it. The following definition is given here: ostentatious courage, daring, daring.
Transferring meanings from other dictionaries makes absolutely no sense, because everywhere the meaning is the same. The above are the sources that most often appear in scientific journals, and are also standard.
Conclusion
In general, you learned from the article that bravado is ostentatious courage or, in Russian, ordinary stupidity. Our mentality is such that we always want to show "show off", which, in principle, is bravado. Learn new words and read more classic literature, and you will discover many unexplored words.