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

cry up &c (praise) 931; proner [Fr.], flaunt, emblazon, prink † , set off, mount, have
framed and glazed.
put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside of the platter &c
(disguise) 544.
Adj. ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty † , jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial;
high-sounding; turgid &c (big-sounding) 577; gairish † , garish; gaudy, gaudy as a
peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering;
gay &c (ornate) 847.
splendid, magnificent, sumptuous.
theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual.
solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched.
dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue [Fr.],
in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic.
Adv. with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors.
ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
Phr. honores mutant mores [Lat.].
883. Celebration -- N. celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation,
paean, triumph, jubilation, ceremony (rite) 998; holiday, fiesta, zarabanda † , revelry, feast
(amusement) 840; china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver
anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee,
tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin
wedding.
triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de joie [Fr.], flourish of
trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations.
inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home,
red-letter day; trophy &c 733; Te Deum &c (thanksgiving) 990 [Lat.]; fete &c 882;
holiday &c 840; Forefathers' Day [U.S.].
V. celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a
red letter.
pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob † .
inaugurate, install, chair.
rejoice &c 838; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.
Adj. celebrating &c v.; commemorative, celebrated, immortal.
Adv. in honor of, in commemoration of.
Int. hail!, all hail!, io paean, io triumphe! † , see the conquering hero comes!.
884. Boasting -- N. boasting &c v.; boast, vaunt, crake † ; pretense, pretensions; puff,
puffery; flourish, fanfaronade † ; gasconade; blague † , bluff, gas [Slang]; highfalutin,
highfaluting † ; hot air, spread-eagleism [U.S.]; brag, braggardism † ; bravado, bunkum,
buncombe; jactitation † , jactancy † ; bounce; venditation † , vaporing, rodomontade, bombast,
fine talking, tall talk, magniloquence, teratology † , heroics; Chauvinism; exaggeration &c
549.
vanity &c 880; vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; much cry and little wool, brutum fulmen
[Lat.].
exultation; gloriation † , glorification; flourish of trumpets; triumph &c 883.