| braggadocio | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bluster, braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade | vain and empty boasting. |
| ~ boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise | speaking of yourself in superlatives. |
| grandstand | | |
| n. (group) | 1. grandstand | the audience at a stadium or racetrack. |
| ~ audience | a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance.; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. covered stand, grandstand | a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof. |
| ~ box seat | a special seat in a theater or grandstand box. |
| ~ stand | tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade). |
| v. (creation) | 3. grandstand | perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause.; "She never misses a chance to grandstand" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ perform | give a performance (of something).; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" |
| haughty | | |
| adj. | 1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual" |
| ~ proud | feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride.; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" |
| boast | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise | speaking of yourself in superlatives. |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing, crow | an instance of boastful talk.; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" |
| ~ braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade, bluster | vain and empty boasting. |
| ~ vaunt | extravagant self-praise. |
| ~ self-assertion | the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others. |
| v. (communication) | 2. blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt | show off. |
| ~ puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner.; "A puffing kind of man" |
| ~ exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
| ~ crow, gloat, triumph | dwell on with satisfaction. |
| v. (stative) | 3. boast, feature, sport | wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner.; "she was sporting a new hat" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
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