Synonyms of flaunting

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noun

as in display

an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect

at first, her flaunting of her affection for her boyfriend was funny, but after a while it became tiresome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• display
• demonstration
• show
• exhibition
• pose
• pretence
• façade
• charade
• act
• front
• affectation
• simulation
• facade
• disclosure
• semblance
• pretense
• betrayal
• guise
• put-on
• sham

flaunting

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adjective

as in showy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• showy
• gaudy
• garish
• glitzy
• flashy
• flamboyant
• bragging
• impudent
• insolent
• cocky
• cheeky
• splashy
• boastful
• assertive
• brassy
• aggressive
• audacious
• confident
• bold
• self-assured
• cavalier
• haughty
• forward
• braggart
• superior
• self-confident
• snobbish
• supercilious
• snobby
• sure
• arrogant
• rude
• disdainful
• egotistical
• lordly
• smug
• uppity
• stuck-up
• bumptious
• self-glorifying
• conceited
• self-aggrandizing
• complacent
• vainglorious
• high-handed
• high-and-mighty
• self-promoting
• ostentatious
• proud
• egoistical
• vain
• egotistic
• high-sounding
• self-centered
• overweening
• prideful
• grandiose
• egoistic
• self-important
• important
• self-dramatizing
• grandiloquent
• presumptuous
• high-toned
• high-flown
• imperious
• self-pleased
• self-satisfied
• self-complacent
• hoity-toity
• pretentious
• affected
• sententious
• hifalutin
• high-hat
• self-asserting
• self-assertive
• pompous
• high-minded
• self-obsessed
• self-conceited
• airy
• highfalutin
• snippy
• lah-dee-dah
• la-de-da
• la-di-da
• lah-de-dah
• lah-di-dah

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• unpretentious
• humble
• retiring
• homely
• meek
• lowly
• unassuming
• passive
• down-to-earth
• bashful
• timid
• quiet
• shy
• reserved
• demure
• unassertive
• mousy
• diffident
• overmodest
• mousey

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verb

present participle of flaunt

as in displaying

to present so as to invite notice or attention

she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displaying
• exhibiting
• showing
• flashing
• unveiling
• exposing
• waving
• parading
• announcing
• producing
• strutting
• sporting
• showing off
• revealing
• proclaiming
• advertising
• laying out
• disporting
• brandishing
• flourishing
• posting
• publicizing
• discovering
• trumpeting
• broadcasting
• divulging
• blazing
• baring
• airing
• heralding
• uncovering
• telling (of)
• talking (about)
• sounding
• placarding
• unmasking
• uncloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disguising
• masking
• camouflaging
• concealing
• hiding
• covering
• obscuring
• shrouding
• veiling
• occluding
• enshrouding
• occulting
• curtaining