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putting on airs

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airs collapse: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"

public image collapse

uppish collapse

hypocrisy collapse: insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have; an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

false show collapse

insincerity collapse: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

mannerism collapse

false front collapse

pretense collapse: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"; imaginative intellectual play; pretending with intention to deceive

snobbish collapse

passing by collapse

scouting collapse: exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"

facade collapse: the face or front of a building; a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

hauteur collapse

swank collapse: imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

nonacceptance collapse: the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"

disapproval collapse: the act of disapproving or condemning; the expression of disapproval; a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing

sham collapse

disownment collapse: refusal to acknowledge as one's own

genteel collapse

faint praise collapse

pretence collapse

abjuration collapse

positioning collapse

feign collapse: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

high horse collapse: an attitude of arrogant superiority; "get off your high horse and admit you are wrong"

condescension collapse: affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"; the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior; a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

throttling collapse

interment collapse

dousing collapse

invisibility collapse: the quality of not being perceivable by the eye

lawn collapse: a field of cultivated and mowed grass

put on collapse: add to something existing; "She put on a sun room"; add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"; apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"; carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"; put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea, please!"

contempt collapse: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body; a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous; open disrespect for a person or thing; lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

recantation collapse

overact collapse: exaggerate one's acting

suffocating collapse

exclusiveness collapse

protraction collapse

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