airs
Snobby behavior displays
Airs are affected manners meant to impress others—a pretense of superiority or refinement: She puts on airs around her husband's colleagues.
The word is almost always plural and usually appears with put on or give oneself.
Someone who puts on airs acts as though they're better than those around them.
Artificial behavior for effect
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
ostentation · snootiness · conceit · superiority · snobbery · elitism · condescension · disdain
Musical sequence of notes
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- refrainAbstain from acting
- themeCentral recurring concept
- motifRecurring thematic element
ditty · strain · song · ballad · lullaby · serenade · jingle · chanson
Settled way of thinking
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- bearingPosture or orientation
- composureEmotional self-control
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
manner · carriage · presence · self-assuredness · confidence · coolness · aplomb · self-possession
affectation
Artificial behavior for effect
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
pomposity · ostentation · snootiness · conceit · superiority · snobbery · elitism · condescension · disdain · arrogance
tune
Musical sequence of notes
motif · ditty · strain · song · ballad · lullaby · serenade · jingle · chanson · leitmotif
attitude
Settled way of thinking
poise · manner · carriage · presence · self-assuredness · confidence · coolness · aplomb · self-possession · nonchalance
- Affected Speechaffectation, pretentiousness, posh accent, overenunciation, stage voice
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
- Celtic Musicjigs, reels, hornpipes, Irish fiddle, Celtic fiddle
- folk tunesfiddle tunes, jigs, reels, hornpipes, dance tunes
airsgenuineness
Quality of being real
authenticity · realness · naturalness · sincerity · honesty
airshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · meekness · self-effacement · unassumingness
- air conditionerMechanical cooling system
- air conditioningIndoor cooling system
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- up in the airUnresolved, awaiting determination
- paper airplaneFolded sheet for throwing
- hot airMeaningless boastful talk
air, airport, airy, airplane, airing, aired, airless, airstrip, airspace