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
- 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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