Both Uses of
bravado
in
Washington Square
- Poor Catherine was not defiant; she had no genius for bravado; and as she felt that her father viewed her companion's attentions with an unsympathising eye, there was nothing but discomfort for her in the accident of seeming to challenge him.†
Chpt 9 *
- As time went on, it might have appeared to the Doctor that his daughter's account of her rupture with Morris Townsend, mere bravado as he had deemed it, was in some degree justified by the sequel.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(bravado) a show of courage -- especially intentionally shown to intimidate or earn admiration