Synonyms for flaunting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : flawnt

Phonetic Transcription : flɔnt

Définition of flaunting

Origin : 1560s, "to display oneself in flashy clothes," of unknown origin; perhaps a variant of flout or vaunt. It looks French, but it corresponds to no known French word. Transitive sense is from 1827. Related: Flaunted; flaunting.

adj gaudy

Example sentences :

"I shall miss you most awfully," said she with the air of one flaunting a flag.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

But it was mean for Laura always to be flaunting her good fortune in my face.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

If it were true, the lilies might replace the flaunting standard.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Quebec » by Amanda Millie Douglas

In conclusion, there are some things that I shrink from flaunting in the eyes of the public.
Extract from : « Personal Reminiscences in Book Making » by R.M. Ballantyne

It is but making her a flaunting paradox to wreathe her in gems and flowers.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

And why does he come here anyway, flaunting his law-breaking in our faces?
Extract from : « Tales of the Fish Patrol » by Jack London

As to his flaunting the glove for a favour, I would ask you, whom does he advertize by that?
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

Some find the gum-tree “dull,” because it has no flaring, flaunting brightness.
Extract from : « Peeps At Many Lands: Australia » by Frank Fox

It flew, spread out, flaunting in the wind, acclaimed by his followers.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

How's that my lady, for magnanimity toward a flaunting rival?
Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin

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