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Antonyms for window-dressing
Grammar : Noun |
Definition of window-dressing
- As in ostentation : noun exhibitionism, flashiness
- As in window dressing : noun decorative exhibition
- As in façade : noun false front
- As in put-on : noun façade
- As in cover : noun wrapping, cover-up
- I realize that the question was window-dressing, but my answer is quite serious.
- Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
- On window-dressing days he was up and down the street half the morning.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Thompson » by William Babington Maxwell
- The event in the airport at Salonika and the attack on the convoy were window-dressing.
- Extract from : « The Invaders » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- It may be part of our commercial gift for window-dressing, for putting up a good front.
- Extract from : « Atlantic Classics » by Various
- Then they turned to the shop windows, and considered the window-dressing art as displayed by these Brighton tradesmen.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Thompson » by William Babington Maxwell
Synonyms for window-dressing
- affectation
- appearance
- array
- awning
- bark
- beard
- binding
- bluff
- boast
- boasting
- brag
- braggadocio
- bragging
- bravado
- camouflage
- canopy
- canvas
- cap
- caparison
- case
- ceiling
- cloak
- clothing
- coating
- color
- coloring
- cover
- covering
- coverlet
- demonstration
- disguise
- disguisement
- display
- dome
- dress
- drop
- envelope
- exhibition
- exterior
- facade
- face
- fake
- false colors
- false front
- fig leaf
- flamboyance
- flash
- flaunting
- flourish
- front
- frontage
- fuss
- garishness
- gloss
- grandstand play
- guise
- hood
- integument
- jacket
- lid
- look
- magnificence
- marquee
- mask
- masquerade
- overlay
- pageant
- pageantry
- paint
- parade
- parading
- parasol
- phony
- polish
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretending
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pretext
- put-on
- roof
- screen
- seal
- semblance
- sheath
- sheet
- shine
- show
- showiness
- showing off
- showmanship
- showoff
- shroud
- smoke screen
- spectacle
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- stopper
- store window display
- swagger
- swaggering
- swank
- tarp
- tarpaulin
- tegument
- tent
- top
- umbrella
- vainglory
- varnish
- vaunt
- vaunting
- veil
- veneer
- window display
- window dressing
- window-dressing
- wrapper
- wraps
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