assume airs

assume airs
show off

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • assume — Synonyms and related words: accept, account as, accroach, acquire, act, act a part, act like, admit, adopt, affect, affirm, allegorize, allow, allude to, appropriate, arrogate, assert, assume, assume command, attack, attempt, aver, be afraid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • put on airs — verb to become haughty, to assume a haughty manner Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government …   Wiktionary

  • affect — I v 1. influence, sway, act on, play on, work on, impress upon, impact upon, effect; change, alter, modify, transform; concern, interest, be of interest to, be of importance to, apply to, relate to, pertain to. 2. touch, stir, move, soften, melt …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • feign — v 1. affect, simulate, fake, sham, give the appearance of; adopt, assume, take on, put on, pretend to be [s.t.] one is not; impersonate, personate, pose as, pretend to be [s.o.], pass oneself off as, sail under false colors, (all deceptively)… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • posture — n 1. pose, stance, attitude, set, position, Med. decubitus; carriage, bearing, way of standing or walking; poise, presence, demeanor, body language; appearance, guise, aspect, cast; manner, mode, air, mien. 2. arrangement, position, location,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ritz — n 1. ostentation, ostentatious or pretentious display, Inf. swank, splash, flourish, flashiness, frills; spectacle, show, parade, pageantry, pomp; pomposity, pompousness, inflation, peacockery, foppery; vaunting, flaunting, affectation; semblance …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • simulate — v feign, pretend, make believe, malinger, playact, act; put on airs, assume airs, posture, do for effect; impersonate, personate, pose as, pretend to be, pass oneself off as, sail under false colors; ape, imitate, parrot, mimic, mime, Sl. make… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Gorgeous — Gor geous, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. {Gorge}, n.] Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gorgeously — Gorgeous Gor geous, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. {Gorge}, n.] Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gorgeousness — Gorgeous Gor geous, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. {Gorge}, n.] Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”