flaunting

flaunting
Synonyms and related words:
Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, bedizened, big-sounding, blatant, blazon, blinding, brandish, brandishing, brave, bravura, braw, brazen, brazenfaced, brilliancy, chichi, colorful, convoluted, crude, daring, dash, dashing, declamatory, demonstration, display, dramatics, dressy, eclat, elevated, etalage, euphuistic, exhibition, exhibitionism, exhibitionistic, extravagant, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flagrant, flair, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashing, flashy, flaunt, flourish, flourishing, frilly, frothy, fulsome, gallant, garish, gaudy, gay, glaring, glittering, gorgeous, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding, highfalutin, histrionics, inkhorn, jaunty, jazzy, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, lofty, loud, lurid, magniloquent, manifestation, meretricious, obtrusive, orotund, ostentatious, overbright, overdone, overelaborate, overinvolved, overwrought, pageant, pageantry, parade, pedantic, pompous, pretentious, rakish, raw, rhetorical, screaming, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, shaking, sham, shameless, show, showing-off, showy, shrieking, snazzy, sonorous, spectacle, spectacular, splash, splashy, splurge, splurgy, sporty, staginess, stilted, tall, tawdry, theatrics, tortuous, undulation, vaunt, vulgar, wave, wave motion, waving

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  • flaunting — index blatant (obtrusive), brazen, flagrant, grandiose, orgulous, proud (conceited) Burton s Lega …   Law dictionary

  • Flaunting — Flaunt Flaunt (fl[aum]nt or fl[add]nt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Flaunting}.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flaunting — adjective That flaunts; showy or gaudy …   Wiktionary

  • flaunting — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gaudy, ostentatious, pretentious; see ornate 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • flaunting — flÉ”nt ,flÉ‘nt /flɔːnt v. show off, boast, display showily …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flaunting — a. Ostentatious, showy, flashy, garish, tawdry, gaudy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • flaunting — flauntˈing or flauntˈy adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑flaunt …   Useful english dictionary

  • flaunt — [[t]flɔ͟ːnt[/t]] flaunts, flaunting, flaunted 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone flaunts their possessions, abilities, or qualities, you mean that they display them in a very obvious way in, especially in order to try to obtain other… …   English dictionary

  • flaunt — verb Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flana to rush around Date: 1566 intransitive verb 1. to display or obtrude oneself to public notice < a great flaunting crowd Charles Dickens > 2. to wave or flutter showily < the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Flaunt — (fl[aum]nt or fl[add]nt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Flaunting}.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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