ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

own conceit, pragmatical † , overwise † , pretentious, priggish; egotistic, egotistical; soidisant
&c (boastful) 884 [Fr.]; arrogant &c 885.
unabashed, unblushing; unconstrained, unceremonious; free and easy.
Adv. vainly &c adj..
Phr. how we apples swim! [Swift]; prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk [Cymbeline].
881. Modesty -- N. modesty; humility &c 879; diffidence, timidity; retiring disposition;
unobtrusiveness; bashfulness &c adj.; mauvaise honte [Fr.]; blush, blushing;
verecundity † ; self-knowledge.
reserve, constraint; demureness &c adj.; blushing honors [Henry VIII].
V. be modest &c adj.; retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one's horns &c 879;
hide one's face.
keep private, keep in the background, keep one's distance; pursue the noiseless tenor
of one's way, do good by stealth and blush to find it fame [Pope], hide one's light under a
bushel, cast a sheep's eye.
Adj. modest, diffident; humble &c 879; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish,
coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest.
unpretending † , unpretentious; unobtrusive, unassuming, unostentatious, unboastful † ,
unaspiring; poor in spirit.
out of countenance &c (humbled) 879.
reserved, constrained, demure.
Adv. humbly &c adj.; quietly, privately; without ceremony, without beat of drum; sans fa
Phr. not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty [Romeo and Juliet]; thy modesty's a candle
to thy merit [Fielding].
882. Ostentation -- N. ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage [Fr.], pomp,
array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense,
pretensions; showing off; fuss.
magnificence, splendor; coup d'oeil [Fr.]; grand doings.
coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene [Fr.]; tour de force;
chic.
demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets &c (celebration) 883;
pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand
function; f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant.
dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress; tailoring,
millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage.
ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto [Lat.], punctilio,
punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness.
mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor.
attitudinarian † ; fop &c 854.
V. be ostentatious &c adj.; come forward, put oneself forward; attract attention, star it.
cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a
splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter.
show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold
up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes.