assume airs — show off … English contemporary dictionary
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
