bravura
UK/bɹəˈvjʊəɹə/
bravura noun: a highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect.
Noun
bravura (plural bravuras or bravure)
- A highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect.
- A display of daring.
- Yet just as, in opposition to the majority, I admired Fosse's Nightsongs and The Girl On The Sofa, so I found myself absorbed by this 70-minute play; and, whatever it may mean, there is no denying the production's visual bravura.2011 May 11, Michael Billington, “I Am the Wind”, in The Guardian
Adjective
bravura (comparative more bravura, superlative most bravura)
- Highly showy; ostentatious.
- Look closely, and the minute interconnectedness of her novels is a bravura achievement.2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 4
- But that won't stop the breakout star of the A&E reality series Dallas Three Ways from delivering one of his bravura, impromptu mini-lectures on the subject of Murphy's history of homophobic stand-up comedy.2016, Christopher Kelly, The Pink Bus, Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, page 116
bravura meaning in Malayalam
bravura in Malayalam
- brilliance, skill, virtuosity
- കലാവിഷയങ്ങളിലുള്ള അതിശയനീയകഴിവ്, കരവിരുത്, കലാഭിജ്ഞത, വെെഭവം, ചതുരത, ചതുരത്വം
- virtuoso, masterly, outstanding
- കലാവിഷയങ്ങളിൽ അതിശയനീയകഴിവുകളുള്ള, കലാവസ്തുപ്രേമിയായ, അതിവിദഗ്ദ്ധമായ, മുന്തിനില്ക്കുന്ന, വിശിഷ്ട, അതിഗംഭീരം
Forms of bravura
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bravuras |
| plural | bravure |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more bravura |
| superlative | most bravura |
Origin of bravura
From Italian bravura (“skill”), from bravo (“good, skilful”). Compare bravado.
Words that rhyme with bravura
Questions about bravura
- What does bravura mean?
- Bravura means a highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect.
- What is bravura in Malayalam?
- Bravura in Malayalam is കലാവിഷയങ്ങളിലുള്ള അതിശയനീയകഴിവ്, കരവിരുത്, കലാഭിജ്ഞത. See Bravura meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is bravura?
- Bravura can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bravura?
- Bravura is pronounced /bɹəˈvjʊəɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bravura?
- The plural of bravura is bravuras.
Words near bravura in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bravura (page history and authors); bravura (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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