He wore a jaunty coat of chocolate-colored velvet, with diamond buttons, and with two huge pockets which were always filled with bones, dropped there at dinner by his loving mistress.
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Jaunty
//ˈd͡ʒɔːn.ti//
Synonyms for "jaunty" (111 found)
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Related words (55)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изискан adj (dapper or stylish)
- изящен adj (dapper or stylish)
- надут adj (ostentatiously self-confident)
- наперен adj (airy, showy, or affected)
Catalan
3 entries- afectat adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- arrogant adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- pretenciós adj (airy, showy, or affected)
Czech
4 entries- bujarý adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- elegantní adj (dapper or stylish)
- lehkovážný adj (ostentatiously self-confident)
- živý adj (airy, showy, or affected)
Dutch
1 entries- luchtig adj (airy, showy, or affected)
Esperanto
2 entries- fajna adj (dapper or stylish)
- pimpa adj (dapper or stylish)
Finnish
4 entries- itsevarma adj (ostentatiously self-confident)
- kopea adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- leuhka adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- leuhka adj (dapper or stylish)
Georgian
4 entries- დახვეწილი adj (dapper or stylish)
- ელეგანტური adj (dapper or stylish)
- თვითკმაყოფილი adj (ostentatiously self-confident)
- მოჩვენებითი adj (airy, showy, or affected)
German
4 entries- affektiert adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- fesch adj (dapper or stylish)
- flott adj (dapper or stylish)
- fröhlich adj (airy, showy, or affected)
Portuguese
1 entries- janota adj (dapper or stylish)
Russian
4 entries- беспе́чный adj (ostentatiously self-confident)
- вычурный adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- изы́сканный adj (dapper or stylish)
- изя́щный adj (dapper or stylish)
Spanish
4 entries- alegre adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- animado adj (airy, showy, or affected)
- desenvuelto adj (ostentatiously self-confident)
- jacarandoso adj (airy, showy, or affected)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom wore his hat at a jaunty angle.
Source: tatoeba (6180558)
He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
Source: wiktionary
It was probably this circumstance which gave him an interest beyond any that his companion could boast of, and attracted Barnaby’s attention. There was something soldierly in his bearing, and he wore a jaunty cap and jacket.
Source: wiktionary
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