give oneself airs
verb
Roget 855:
affect,
act a part,
put on;
give oneself airs
etc.
(arrogance)
885;
boast
etc.
884;
coquet;
simper,
mince,
attitudinize,
pose;
flirt a fan;
overact,
overdo.
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Roget 878:
be proud
etc.
adj.;
put a good face on;
look one in the face;
stalk abroad,
perk oneself up;
think no small beer of oneself;
presume,
swagger,
strut;
rear one's head,
lift up one's head,
hold up one's head;
hold one's head high,
look big,
take the wall,
bear like the Turk no rival near the throne"
[Pope],
carry with a high hand;
ride the high horse,
mount on one's high horse;
set one's back up,
bridle,
toss the head;
give oneself airs
etc.
(assume)
885;
boast
etc.
884.
pride oneself on;
glory in,
take a pride in;
pique oneself,
plume oneself,
hug oneself;
stand upon,
be proud of;
put a good face on;
not hide one's light under a bushel,
not put one's talent in a napkin;
not think small beer of oneself
etc.
(vanity)
880.
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Roget 880:
be vain
etc.
adj.,
be vain of;
pique oneself
etc.
(pride)
878;
lay the flattering unction to one's soul.
have too high an opinion of oneself,
have an overweening opinion of oneself,
have too high an opinion of one's talents;
blind oneself as to one's own merit;
not think small beer of oneself,
not think vin ordinaire of oneself [Fr.];
put oneself forward;
fish for compliments;
give oneself airs
etc.
(assume)
885;
boast
etc.
884.
render vain
etc.
adj.;
inspire with vanity
etc.
n.;
inflate,
puff up,
turn up,
turn one's head.
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Roget 885:
be insolent
etc.
adj.;
bluster,
vapor,
swagger,
swell,
give oneself airs,
snap one's fingers,
kick up a dust;
swear
etc.
(affirm)
535;
rap out oaths;
roister.
arrogate;
assume,
presume;
make bold,
make free;
take a liberty,
give an inch and take an ell.
domineer,
bully,
dictate,
hector;
lord it over;
traiter de haut en bas [Fr.],
regarder de haut en bas [Fr.];
exact;
snub,
huff. ,
beard,
fly in the face of;
put to the blush;
bear down,
beat down;
browbeat,
intimidate;
trample down,
tread down,
trample under foot;
dragoon,
ride roughshod over.
out face,
outlook,
outstare,
outbrazen†,
outbrave†;
stare out of countenance;
brazen out;
lay down the law;
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs;
assume a lofty bearing;
talk big,
look big;
put on big looks,
act the grand seigneur [Fr.];
mount the high horse,
ride the high horse;
toss the head,
carry,
with a high hand.
tempt Providence,
want snuffing.
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