Synonyms of brandishing

brandishing

verb

present participle of brandish

as in waving

to put into view in a threatening or excited manner

She brandished a stick at the dog.

brandished a petition signed by hundreds of town residents

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brandishing

Officers had initially responded to reports of Stroud brandishing a weapon inside a vehicle. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026

Reach uses a crab trap to disarm a G-man brandishing an On the Waterfront–style hook. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Instead, monetary policymakers are brandishing their most potent weapon to curb prices. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

In the span of three and a half months in 2023, Chapman-Joseph robbed eight people at Wells Fargo and Golden 1 Credit Union ATMs while brandishing a gun, and attempted to rob a ninth. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

In the civil lawsuit over the shooting, an attorney for the boy’s family said the teen had a gun because he was being targeted by local gangs, and pointed out that he was not accused of brandishing it. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Other, less cartoonish responses have lingered on Cambridge’s comparable glee in brandishing Arday in the first place. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Dixson was charged by a federal indictment in November 2025 with one count of kidnapping, one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

Joseph Henrichsen also faces up to 20 years in prison for each charge of assaulting a federal employee with a deadly weapon, up to seven years for brandishing a weapon during a crime of violence and up to one year for assaulting a federal officer. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026