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Present participle for to pretentiously display superiority or arrogance

Present participle for to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to

Present participle for to behave in a manner intended to impress

(slang) Present participle for to assume false or disingenuous appearances

Present participle for to show that one feels superior in a patronizing manner

Aloof or unemotional in manner or behavior

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

A (typically false) show or display

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Verb

Present participle for to pretentiously display superiority or arrogance

getting on your high horse

giving oneself airs

acting haughtily

Verb

Present participle for to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to

lording it over

acting haughtily

Verb

Present participle for to behave in a manner intended to impress

behaving affectedly

striking an attitude

copping an attitude

playing to audience

striking a pose

giving oneself airs

putting on an act

swaggering around

advertizing oneself

drawing attention to oneself

making a spectacle of

playing to the crowd

playing to the gallery

attracting attention

making a splash

playing to the cheap seats

making your presence felt

getting noticed

making one's presence felt

doing something for effect

trying to attract attention

behaving confidently

parading one's wares

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Verb

(slang) Present participle for to assume false or disingenuous appearances

putting on a front

putting on an act

making out like

assuming the role

putting up a front

playing the part of

passing oneself off as

making a pretence of

giving appearance of

giving the appearance of

going through the motions of

making a show of

going through the motions

putting on a false display

striking a pose

striking an attitude

assuming an attitude

disguising yourself

copping an attitude

behaving affectedly

misrepresenting

putting on a false front

pretending to be

playing the part

letting on like

telling untruth

shucking and jiving

telling a white lie

creating out of thin air

putting up a smoke screen

laying it on thick

masquerading as

pretending to have

swinging the lead

professing to have

putting up a front of

acting as though

making a pretense

claiming falsely

presenting a false front

presenting a false face

professing to be

assuming the role of

putting on a pretense

playing to the gallery

doing an impression

following in footsteps

doing an impression of

patterning after

trying to be like

sweeping under the rug

sweeping under the carpet

keeping quiet about

keeping a lid on

drawing a veil over

telling stories

telling untruths

stretching the truth

departing from the truth

forswearing oneself

making up a story

inventing a story

not telling the truth

doing a take-off

speaking with forked tongue

telling a little white lie

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

telling a terminological inexactitude

pulling someone's leg

creating fiction

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Verb

Present participle for to show that one feels superior in a patronizing manner

looking down on

lording it over

speaking condescendingly to

speaking haughtily to

talking down to

treating condescendingly

treating as inferior

treating like a child

Adjective

Aloof or unemotional in manner or behavior

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

self-controlled

uncompanionable

mom^US

mum^UK

cool, calm and collected

depersonalized^US

depersonalised^UK

uncompassionate

unimpressionable

strictly business

nondiscriminatory

self-restrained

emotionally distant

incommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

without fear or favour

with no axe to grind

unwilling to mix with other people

socially inhibited

not giving a monkey's

non-communicative

self-sufficient

without prejudice

free from discrimination

free from self-interest

non-discriminatory

unconversational

emotionally unavailable

at a loss for words

could care less

don't give a damn

couldn't care less

along for the ride

going with the flow

rolling with the punches

dispassionate about

emotionally guarded

emotionally detached

apathetic about

indifferent about

incurious about

uninterested in

uninvolved with

sitting on the fence

desensitized^US

nonparticipating

desensitised^UK

lacking compassion

with a heart of stone

as hard as nails

take-no-prisoners

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Adjective

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

high-and-mighty

high and mighty

throwing one's weight about

self-opinionated

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

self-congratulatory

on your high horse

self-glorifying

full of oneself

holier-than-thou

too big for your boots

stuck on oneself

full of yourself

individualistic

self-interested

self-preoccupied

self-infatuated

wrapped up in oneself

full of contempt

hyperventilated

self-respecting

too big for your breeches

pleased with oneself

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-applauding

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

on a high horse

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

blowing one's own horn

nose in the air

too big for your britches

class-conscious

self-aggrandizing

self-sufficient

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

proud of oneself

looking after number one

uncomplimentary

full of airs and graces

think too highly of oneself

full of hot air

in love with oneself

blowing one's own trumpet

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

think a lot of oneself

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Noun

A (typically false) show or display

pretentiousness

superciliousness

airs and graces

assumed manners

going Hollywood

unnatural imitation

self-importance

presumptuousness

contemptuousness

high-handedness

overbearingness

swellheadedness

self-admiration

vaingloriousness

self-satisfaction

self-congratulation

self-centeredness

self-absorption

attitudinizings

superiority complexes

false pretenses

ostentatiousness

overweeningness

self-preoccupation

self-assuredness

self-exaltation

sententiousness

self-confidence

self-possession

narcissistic personality disorder

disingenuousness

vain pretensions

delusions of grandeur

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