airs and graces
Definition
› false ways of behaving that are intended to make other people feel that you are important and belong to a high social class: He was always putting on airs and graces. She's got no reason to give herself airs and graces.Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
(Definition of airs and graces from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- be too clever by half idiom
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- highfalutin adjective
- portentous adjective
- proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- self-appointed adjective
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
- uppity adjective
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