Antonyms for posturing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pos-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒs tʃər


Definition of posturing

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French posture (16c.), from Italian postura "position, posture," from Latin positura "position, station," from postulus, past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)).
  • verb display an attitude
Example sentences :
  • There was an extraordinary force of suggestion in this posturing.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Remember that while you're posturing in your little hour of glory on Athena and Earth.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • She began at once calling and posturing, clearly for our benefit.
  • Extract from : « Little Brothers of the Air » by Olive Thorne Miller
  • What a statue gallery of posturing friends we all have in our memory!
  • Extract from : « The Poet at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Music (it is called by that name) and posturing fill up the intervals.
  • Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou
  • That fat, posturing toad lied to them and they still honor him.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • I am tired of posturing as one of Daudet's 'Kings in Exile.'
  • Extract from : « A Son of the Immortals » by Louis Tracy
  • My "posturing," then, as the girl called it, was ridiculous.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Lynn » by Walter Besant
  • I began by practicing what is known in the profession as posturing.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Clown » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
  • There is no posturing and fantastic dancing, but genuine acting.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young

Synonyms for posturing

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