Definition for Strutting:

• a. & n. from Strut, v.

Synonyms for Strutting:

• adj.

  •boastful (adjective)
  • hifalutin,
  • pretentious,
  • conceited,
  • full of hot air,
  • pompous,
  • swanky,
  • smart-alecky,
  • stuck up,
  • self-aggrandizing,
  • stuck-up,
  • self-applauding,
  • snooty,
  • hot stuff,
  • swollen-headed,
  • exultant,
  • big,
  • Vaunting,
  • smart alecky,
  • egotistical,
  • know-it-all,
  • egotistic,
  • on ego trip,
  • loudmouth,
  • arrogant,
  • snootiest,
  • crowing,
  • cocky,
  • puffed-up,
  • swaggering,
  • Strutting,
  • windbag,
  • big-headed,
  • too big for one's britches,
  • bombastic.
  •vainglorious (adjective)
  • overbearing,
  • huffy,
  • self-important,
  • blowing one's own horn,
  • high-handed,
  • haughty,
  • cavalier,
  • vain,
  • presumptuous,
  • puffed up,
  • snobbish.
  •walking (adjective)
  • ambulate,
  • ambulatory,
  • marching,
  • wandering,
  • Roaming,
  • digitigrade,
  • afoot,
  • plantigrade,
  • Strolling,
  • Hiking.

• n.

  •pride (noun)
  • vainglory.
  •vainglory (noun)
  • huff,
  • haughtiness,
  • cockiness,
  • conceit,
  • arrogance,
  • egoisms,
  • egoism,
  • over-confidence,
  • overconfidence,
  • vanity,
  • pretension,
  • patronage,
  • smugness,
  • presumption,
  • snobbery,
  • condescension,
  • self-importance,
  • swelled head,
  • big-headedness,
  • egotism,
  • boastfulness.

• v.

  •act (verb)
  • personate,
  • characterize,
  • be on,
  • pretend,
  • rehearse,
  • personify,
  • impersonate,
  • do a turn,
  • feign,
  • represent,
  • dramatize,
  • say one's piece,
  • go over,
  • burlesque,
  • enact,
  • bring down the house,
  • mimic,
  • play act,
  • star,
  • play role,
  • parody,
  • put it over,
  • simulate,
  • take part,
  • stooge,
  • ham it up,
  • play part,
  • emote,
  • portray,
  • lay an egg,
  • ham,
  • tread the boards,
  • perform,
  • mug,
  • go on,
  • play gig,
  • play,
  • mime,
  • make debut.
  •bluster (verb)
  • shoot off one's mouth,
  • talk big.
  •boast (verb)
  • fake,
  • glory,
  • give a good account of oneself,
  • crow,
  • PSYCH,
  • aggrandize,
  • exult,
  • congratulate oneself,
  • showboat,
  • flatter oneself,
  • blow,
  • con,
  • triumph,
  • cock-a-doodle-doo,
  • bully,
  • shuck,
  • lay on thick,
  • hug oneself,
  • preen,
  • bluster,
  • jive,
  • gasconade,
  • prate,
  • blow smoke,
  • shovel,
  • sling,
  • sound off,
  • attract attention,
  • puff,
  • blow one's own horn,
  • flourish,
  • exaggerate,
  • advertise.
  •boasting (verb)
  • Aggrandizing,
  • blustering,
  • Preening,
  • Bluffing,
  • Prancing,
  • Parading,
  • gloating,
  • Sauntering,
  • Lording,
  • pontificating,
  • bragging,
  • blowing,
  • boasting,
  • Flaunting.
  •crow (verb)
  • caw.
  •flounce (verb)
  • spring,
  • throw,
  • toss,
  • jerk,
  • swish,
  • nancy,
  • fling,
  • stamp.
  •strut (verb)
  • show off.

• Other synonyms:

  •debonair
  • jaunty.

Strutting Sentence Examples:

• George Vanborough, privileged for the day, was astride on a wooden table; a distant peacock went strutting across the lawn; a little wind came blowing gently, stirring all the shadows; a college bell began to tinkle a little, and then left off.

• She rushed down, and abandoning the lunch, ran as fast as she could to the field, and as she approached, this was the sight that met her gaze: Gretchen was strutting about with a dock leaf held over her head for a parasol, and trailing the beautiful mull overskirt on the ground, endeavoring to realize the feelings of a fine lady in a trailed dress.