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#878. Pride. -- N. dignity

• self-respect

• mens sibi conscia recti

• [Lat][Vergil]

• pride

• haughtiness

• high notions

• hauteur

• vainglory

• crest;

• arrogance

• proud man

• fine gentleman

• fine lady

• V. be proud

• put a good face on

• look one in the face

• stalk

• abroad

• perk oneself up

• think no small beer of oneself

• presume

• swagger

• strut

• rear one's head

• lift up one's head

• hold up one's head

• hold one's

• head high

• look big

• take the wall

• "bear like the Turk no rival near the

• throne" [Pope]

• carry with a high hand

• ride the high horse

• mount on

• one's high horse

• set one's back up

• bridle

• toss the head

• give oneself

• airs

• boast

• pride oneself on

• glory in

• take a pride in

• pique oneself

• plume

• oneself

• hug oneself

• stand upon

• be proud of

• put a good face on

• not hide

• one's light under a bushel

• not put one's talent in a napkin

• not think

• small beer of oneself

• Adj. dignified

• stately

• proud

• proud-crested

• lordly

• baronial;

• lofty-minded

• highsouled

• high-minded

• high-handed

• high-plumed

• high-flown

• high-toned

• haughty lofty

• high

• mighty

• swollen

• puffed up

• flushed

• blown;

• vainglorious

• purse-proud

• fine

• proud as a peacock

• proud as Lucifer;

• bloated with pride

• supercilious

• disdainful

• bumptious

• magisterial

• imperious

• high and

• mighty

• overweening

• consequential

• arrogant

• unblushing

• stiff

• stiff-necked

• starch

• perked stuck-up

• in buckram

• strait-

• laced

• prim

• on one's dignity

• on one's high horses,on one's tight ropes

• on one's

• high ropes

• on stilts

• Adv. with head erect

• Phr. odi profanum vulgus et arceo [Lat][Horace]

• "a duke's revenues on her back" [Henry VI]

• "disdains the shadow

• which he treads on at noon" [Coriolanis]

• "pride in their port

• defiance

• in their eye" [Goldsmith]

#879. Humility. -- N. humility

• humbleness

• meekness

• lowness;

• lowliness

• abasement

• self-abasement

• submission

• resignation

• condescension

• affability

• modesty

• verecundity|

• blush

• suffusion

• confusion

• sense of

• shame,sense of disgrace

• humiliation

• mortification

• let down

• set down

• V. be humble

• deign

• vouchsafe

• condescend

• humble oneself

• demean oneself

• stoop

• stoop to conquer

• carry coals

• submit

• submit with a good grace

• yield the palm

• lower one's tone

• lower one's note

• sing small

• draw in one's horns

• sober down

• hide one's face

• hide one's diminished head

• not dare to show

• one's face

• take shame to oneself

• not have a word to say for oneself

• feel

• shame

• be conscious of shame

• feel disgrace

• be conscious of disgrace;

• drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs

• blush for

• blush up to the eves

• redden

• change color

• color up

• hang

• one's head

• look foolish

• feel small

• render humble

• humble

• humiliate

• let down

• set down

• take down

• tread

• down

• frown down

• snub

• abash

• abase

• make one sing small

• strike dumb;

• teach one his distance

• put down

• take down a peg

• take down a peg lower;

• throw into the shade

• cast into the shade

• stare out of

• countenance

• put out of countenance

• put to the blush

• confuse

• mortify

• disgrace

• crush

• send away with a flea in one's ear

• Adj. humble

• lowly

• meek

• modest

• humble minded

• sober-

• minded

• submissive

• servile

• condescending

• affable

• humbled

• bowed down

• resigned

• abashed

• ashamed

• dashed

• out of

• countenance

• down in the mouth

• down on one's knees

• down on one's

• marrowbones

• down on one's uppers

• humbled in the dust

• browbeaten;

• crestfallen

• shorn of one's glory

• Adv. with downcast eyes

• with bated breath

• with bended knee

• on all

• fours

• on one's feet

• under correction

• with due deference

• Phr. I am your obedient servant

• I am your very humble servant

• my

• service to you

• da locum melioribus [Lat][Terence]

• parvum parva decent

• [Lat][Horace]

#880. Vanity. -- N. vanity

• conceit

• conceitedness

• self-conceit

• self-complacency

• self-confidence

• self-sufficiency

• self-esteem

• self-

• love

• self-approbation

• self-praise

• self-glorification

• self-laudation

• self-applause

• self-admiration

• selfishness

• airs

• affected manner

• pretensions

• mannerism

• egotism;

• priggishness

• coxcombry

• vainglory

• elation;

• pride

• ostentation

• assurance

• vox et praeterea nihil[Lat]

• Sir Oracle

• V. be vain

• be vain of

• pique oneself

• lay

• the flattering unction to one's soul

• have too high an opinion of oneself

• have an overweening opinion of

• oneself

• have too high an opinion of one's talents

• blind oneself as to

• one's own merit

• not think small beer of oneself

• not think vin ordinaire

• put oneself forward

• fish for compliments

• give oneself

• airs

• boast

• render vain

• inspire with vanity

• inflate

• puff up

• turn up

• turn one's head

• Adj. vain

• vain as a peacock

• proud as a peacock

• conceited

• overweening

• pert

• forward

• vainglorious

• high-flown

• ostentatious

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• puffed up

• inflated

• flushed

• self-satisfied

• self-confident

• self-sufficient

• self-flattering

• self-admiring

• self-applauding

• self-glorious

• self-opinionated

• entente

• wise in one's own conceit

• pretentious

• priggish

• egotistic

• egotistical

• soi-disant

• arrogant

• unabashed

• unblushing

• unconstrained

• unceremonious

• free and easy

• Adv. vainly

• Phr. "how we apples swim!" [Swift]

• "prouder than rustling in

• unpaid-for silk" [Cymbeline]

#881. Modesty. -- N. modesty

• humility

• diffidence

• timidity;

• retiring disposition

• unobtrusiveness

• bashfulness

• mauvaise

• blush

• blushing

• verecundity|

• self-knowledge

• reserve

• constraint

• demureness

• "blushing honors" [Henry

• VIII]

• V. be modest

• retire

• reserve oneself

• give way to

• draw in

• one's horns

• hide one's face

• keep private

• keep in the background

• keep one's distance

• pursue the

• noiseless tenor of one's way

• "do good by stealth and blush to find it

• fame" [Pope]

• hide one's light under a bushel

• cast a sheep's eye

• Adj. modest

• diffident

• humble

• timid

• timorous

• bashful

• shy

• nervous

• skittish

• coy

• sheepish

• shamefaced

• blushing

• overmodest

• unpretentious

• unobtrusive

• unassuming

• unostentatious

• unaspiring

• poor in spirit

• out of countenance

• constrained

• demure

• Adv. humbly

• quietly

• privately

• without ceremony

• without

• beat of drum

• sans faon

• Phr. "not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty" [Romeo and Juliet];

• "thy modesty's a candle to thy merit" [Fielding]

#882. Ostentation. -- N. ostentation

• display

• show

• flourish

• parade

• pomp

• array

• state

• solemnity

• dash

• splash

• splurge

• glitter

• strut

• pomposity

• pretense

• pretensions

• showing off

• fuss

• magnificence

• splendor

• grand doings

• coup de theatre

• stage effect

• stage trick

• claptrap

• mise en

• tour de force

• chic

• demonstration

• flying colors

• tomfoolery

• flourish of trumpets

• (celebration) 8

• pageant

• pageantry

• spectacle

• exhibition

• exposition

• procession

• turn out

• set out

• grand function

• f_te

• gala

• field day

• review

• march past

• promenade

• insubstantial pageant

• dress

• court dress

• full dress

• evening dress

• ball dress

• fancy

• dress

• tailoring

• millinery

• man millinery

• frippery

• foppery

• equipage

• ceremony

• ceremonial

• ritual

• form

• formality

• etiquette

• puncto[Lat]

• punctilio

• punctiliousness

• starched stateliness

• stateliness

• mummery

• solemn mockery

• mouth honor

• fop

• V. be ostentatious

• come forward

• put oneself forward;

• attract attention

• star it

• cut a figure

• make a dash

• make a splash

• make a splurge

• cut a dash

• cut a splash

• cut a splurge

• figure

• figure away

• make a show

• make a

• display

• glitter

• show off

• show off one's paces

• parade

• march past

• display

• exhibit

• put forward

• hold up

• trot out

• hand out

• sport

• brandish

• blazon forth;

• dangle

• dangle before the eyes

• cry up

• flaunt

• emblazon

• set off

• mount

• have framed and glazed

• put a good face upon

• put a smiling face upon

• clean the outside of

• the platter

• Adj. ostentatious

• showy

• dashing

• pretentious

• jaunty;

• grand

• pompous

• palatial

• high-sounding

• turgid

• garish

• gaudy

• gaudy as a peacock

• gaudy as a butterfly

• gaudy as a tulip

• flaunting

• flashing

• flaming

• glittering

• gay

• (ornate) 847

• splendid

• magnificent

• sumptuous

• theatrical

• dramatic

• spectacular

• ceremonial

• ritual

• solemn

• stately

• majestic

• formal

• stiff

• ceremonious

• punctilious

• starched

• dressed to kill

• dressed to the nines

• decjed out

• all decked out

• en

• in best bib and tucker

• in Sunday best

• endimanch_

• chic

• Adv. with flourish of trumpet

• with beat of drum

• with flying colors

• ad captandum vulgus[Lat.]

• Phr. honores mutant mores[Lat]

#883. Celebration. -- N. celebration

• solemnization

• jubilee

• commemoration

• ovation

• paean

• triumph

• jubilation

• ceremony (rite) 998;

• holiday

• fiesta

• revelry

• feast (amusement) 840

• china

• anniversary

• diamond anniversary

• golden anniversary

• silver anniversary

• tin anniversary

• china jubilee

• diamond jubilee

• golden jubilee

• silver

• jubilee

• tin jubilee

• china wedding

• diamond wedding

• golden wedding

• silver wedding

• tin wedding

• triumphal arch

• bonfire

• salute

• salvo

• salvo of artillery

• feu de

• flourish of trumpets

• fanfare

• colors flying

• illuminations

• inauguration

• installation

• presentation

• coronation

• Lord Mayor's

• show

• harvest-home

• red-letter day

• trophy &,:c. 7

• Te Deum

• (thanksgiving) 990[Lat]

• fete

• holiday

• Forefathers' Day

• [U. S.]

• V. celebrate keep

• signalize

• do honor to

• commemorate

• solemnize

• hallow

• mark with a red letter

• pledge

• drink to

• toast

• inaugurate

• install

• chair

• rejoice

• kill the fatted calf

• hold jubilee

• roast an ox

• Adj. celebrating

• commemorative

• celebrated

• immortal

• Adv. in honor of

• in commemoration of

• Int. hail! all hail! io paean

• hero comes!"

#884. Boasting. -- N. boasting

• boast

• vaunt

• crake|

• pretense

• pretensions

• puff

• puffery

• flourish

• gasconade;

• bluff

• gas*

• highfalutin

• hot air

• brag

• bravado

• bunkum

• buncombe

• bounce

• venditation|

• vaporing

• rodomontade

• bombast

• fine talking

• tall talk

• magniloquence

• teratology|

• heroics

• Chauvinism

• exaggeration

• vanity

• vox et praeterea nihil[Lat]

• much cry and little wool

• brutum fulmen[Lat]

• exultation

• gloriation|

• glorification

• flourish of trumpets

• triumph

• boaster

• braggart

• braggadocio

• pretender

• blower [U. S.]

• bluffer

• blusterer

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• charlatan

• jack-pudding

• trumpeter

• puppy

• V. boast

• make a boast of

• brag

• vaunt

• Puff

• show off

• flourish

• crake|

• crack

• trumpet

• strut

• swagger

• vapor

• blow

• four-

• flush *

• bluff

• exult

• crow

• crow over

• neigh

• chuckle

• triumph

• throw up one's cap;

• talk big

• take

• merit to oneself

• make a merit of

• holloa before

• Adj. boasting

• magniloquent

• flaming

• Thrasonic

• stilted

• gasconading

• braggart

• boastful

• pretentious

• vainglorious

• highfalutin

• spread-eagle [U

• S.*]

• elate

• elated

• jubilant

• triumphant

• exultant

• in high feather;

• flushed

• flushed with victory

• cock-a-hoop

• on stilts

• vaunted

• Adv. vauntingly

• Phr. "let the galled jade wince" [Hamlet]

• facta non verba[Lat]

#885. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence. -- N. insolence;

• haughtiness

• arrogance

• airs

• domineering

• v

• tyranny

• impertinence

• sauciness

• flippancy

• dicacity|

• petulance

• bluster

• swagger

• swaggering

• bounce

• terrorism

• assumption

• presumption

• beggar on horseback

• usurpation

• impudence

• assurance

• audacity

• hardihood

• front

• face

• brass;

• shamelessness

• effrontery

• hardened front

• face of brass

• assumption of infallibility

• saucebox

• V. be insolent

• bluster

• vapor

• swagger

• swell

• give oneself

• airs

• snap one's fingers

• kick up a dust

• swear

• rap out

• oaths

• roister. arrogate

• assume

• presume

• make bold

• make free

• take a

• liberty

• give an inch and take an ell

• domineer

• bully

• dictate

• hector

• lord it over

• traiter de haut en

• exact

• snub

• huff

• beard

• fly in the

• face of

• put to the blush

• bear down

• beat down

• browbeat

• intimidate;

• trample down

• tread down

• trample under foot

• dragoon

• ride roughshod

• over

• out face

• outlook

• outstare

• stare

• out of countenance

• brazen out

• lay down the law

• teach one's grandmother

• to suck eggs

• assume a lofty bearing

• talk big

• look big

• put on big looks

• mount the high horse

• ride the high horse

• toss

• the head

• carry

• with a high hand

• tempt Providence

• want snuffing

• Adj. insolent

• haughty

• arrogant

• imperious

• magisterial

• dictatorial

• arbitrary

• high-handed

• high and mighty

• contumelious

• supercilious

• overbearing

• intolerant

• domineering

• overweening

• high-flown

• flippant

• pert

• fresh [U. S.]

• cavalier

• saucy

• forward

• impertinent

• malapert

• precocious

• assuming

• would-be

• bumptious

• bluff

• brazen

• shameless

• aweless

• unabashed;

• brazen

• boldfaced-

• barefaced-

• brazen-faced

• dead to shame

• lost to

• shame

• impudent

• audacious

• presumptuous

• free and easy

• devil-may-care

• rollicking

• jaunty

• roistering

• blustering

• hectoring

• swaggering

• vaporing

• thrasonic

• fire eating

• "full of sound and fury"

• [Macbeth]

• Adv. with a high hand

• ex cathedra[Lat]

• Phr. one's bark being worse than his bite

• "beggars mounted run

• their horse to death" [Henry VI]

• quid times? Caesarem vehis

• [Lat][Plutarch]

• wagahai wa [Jap: I (expressing superiority)]

#886. Servility. -- N. servility

• slavery

• obsequiousness

• subserviency

• abasement

• prostration

• prosternation|

• genuflection

• fawning

• tuft-

• hunting

• sycophancy

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• humility

• sycophant

• parasite

• toad

• toady

• toad-eater

• snob

• flunky

• flunkey

• yes-man

• lapdog

• spaniel

• lickspittle

• smell-feast

• Graeculus esuriens[Lat]

• hanger on

• cavaliere servente[It]

• led captain

• carpet knight

• timeserver

• fortune hunter

• Vicar of Bray

• Sir-Pertinax

• Max

• Sycophant

• flatterer

• doer of dirty work

• ame

• tool

• reptile

• slave

• courtier

• beat*

• dead

• beat*

• heeler [U. S.]

• sponger

• sucker*

• truckler

• V. cringe

• bow

• stoop

• kneel

• bend the knee

• fall on one's knees

• prostrate oneself

• worship

• sneak

• crawl

• crouch

• cower

• sponge

• truckle to

• grovel

• fawn

• lick

• the feet of

• kiss the hem of one's garment

• kiss one's ass[vulg.]

• suck up

• pay court to

• feed on

• fatten on

• dance attendance on

• pin oneself

• upon

• hang on the sleeve of

• keep time to

• fetch

• and carry

• do the dirty work of

• go with the stream

• worship the rising sun

• hold with the hare and run

• with the hounds

• Adj. servile

• obsequious

• supple,supple as a glove

• soapy

• oily

• pliant

• cringing

• abased

• dough-faced

• fawning

• slavish

• groveling

• sniveling

• mealy-mouthed

• beggarly

• sycophantic

• parasitical

• abject

• prostrate

• down on ones marrowbones

• base

• mean

• sneaking

• crouching

• Adv. hat in hand

• cap in hand

#887. Blusterer. -- N. blusterer

• swaggerer

• vaporer

• brawler

• braggart

• bully

• terrorist

• rough

• bulldozer [U. S.]

• hoodlum

• hooligan*

• roarer*;

• Mohock

• Mohawk

• swashbuckler

• Captain Bobadil

• Sir Lucius

• O'Trigger

• Thraso

• Pistol

• Parolles

• Hector

• jingo

• desperado

• dare-devil

• fire eater

• fury

• rowdy

• tough [U. S.]

• puppy

• prig

• Sir Oracle

• dogmatist

• doctrinaire

• jack-

• in-office

• malapert

• jackanapes

• minx

• bantam-cock