Thesaurus / peacocking
FEEDBACK- affect
- act
- attitudinize
- feign
- grandstand
- impersonate
- masquerade
- peacock
- playact
- posture
- profess
- purport
- sham
- make believe
- make out like
- pass off
- put on airs
- put up a front
- show off
- strike an attitude
- take off as
- prance
- sashay
- stalk
- stride
- swagger
- flaunt
- flounce
- grandstand
- mince
- parade
- peacock
- swank
- sweep
- play to audience
- put on airs
- show off
- bluster
- gloat
- prance
- sashay
- saunter
- strut
- boast
- brag
- brandish
- bully
- flourish
- gasconade
- grandstand
- hector
- lord
- parade
- peacock
- pontificate
- swank
- sweep
- swell
- look big
- parade one's wares
- play to the crowd
- put on
- put on airs
- swashbuckle
- flaunt
- flounce
- grandstand
- mince
- parade
- peacock
- prance
- sashay
- stalk
- stride
- swagger
- swash
- sweep
- play to audience
- put on airs
- show off
- flaunt
- flounce
- grandstand
- mince
- parade
- peacock
- prance
- sashay
- stalk
- stride
- swagger
- swank
- sweep
- play to audience
- put on airs
- show off
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How to use peacocking in a sentence
I would stand some things myself, because it rather amuses a man to see a fine girl peacocking.
THE SHUTTLEFRANCES HODGSON BURNETTAnd Aunt Hannah in her enraged scorn even undertook a grotesque and mincing imitation of the peacocking aforesaid.
THE HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVEMRS. HUMPHRY WARDWhat did she want with that peacocking—wasting time and money; there was nothing in it!
THE FORSYTE SAGA, VOLUME III.JOHN GALSWORTHYFor Charlotte had come in with a platter, and Nan turned about, peacocking before her unsurprised gaze.
OLD CROWALICE BROWNTourists as nuns, tourists as Turks, tourists as God-knows-what, all preening and peacocking!
THE FORTIETH DOORMARY HASTINGS BRADLEYThe King and Queen, it was said, did not like this peacocking, but might not help it.
1492MARY JOHNSTON