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verb
To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ostent
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To boast, show off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: exhibitionize, ostent, swagger, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, figure away, flamboast, flaunt, flex, floss, fluff one's feathers, gallery, high-side, let one's nuts hang, ostentate, preen, showboat, show away, show off, strut, strut one's stuff, stunt, swag it out, swank, three-sheet, venditate, yaya
Antonyms: none provided
verb
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: flaunt, flash, show off, swank
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expose, exhibit, display
Narrower terms: flex, splurge
History
Borrowed from Latin ostentātus, perfect passive participle of ostentō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive from ostendō. Doublet of ostent.
