Antonyms for gallanting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : adjective gal-uhnt for 1, 3, 4; guh-lant, -lahnt, gal-uhnt for 2, 5; noun guh-lant, -lahnt, gal-uhnt; verb guh-lant, -lahnt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈgæl ənt for 1, 3, 4; gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt, ˈgæl ənt for 2, 5; noun gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt, ˈgæl ənt; verb gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt

Definition of gallanting

Origin : 1550s, "showily," from gallant + -ly (2). Meaning "with exaggerated courtesy" is from 1610s.

As in court : verb fawn over, pay attention to

Example sentences :

Thou hast been gallanting it to some other woman and must needs seek to cut a figure with thy gown of scarlet!
Extract from : « The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio » by Giovanni Boccaccio

What beautiful lace cuffs and collars all those gentlemen have, that are gallanting the ladies to the feast!
Extract from : « Pencil Sketches » by Eliza Leslie

Now, the cow was sold, and Willie was "gallanting" Menie and three or four of her companions about the streets.
Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various

There was Thomas Grant, his face red as a beet, gallanting a very sensible looking girl who was soon to become his wife.
Extract from : « Bertie and the Gardeners » by Madeline Leslie

Walter Morgan, the richest merchant's son, in New York, gallanting a seamstress—their own dress-maker.
Extract from : « Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated » by Solon Robinson

Of course, I thought, he must despise and laugh at her all the time he was flattering and gallanting her ladyship.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for gallanting

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