noun
- empty boasting or bragging; arrogant display
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- His speech was full of fanfaronade about his achievements.
- The politician’s fanfaronade failed to impress the voters.
- She dismissed his claims as mere fanfaronade.
- The general’s fanfaronade masked his military inexperience.
- Critics called the author’s preface pretentious fanfaronade.
- His fanfaronade about wealth was exposed as lies.