Preening

Synonyms for "preening" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (8)

Noun(8 words)
feather brushingfeather maintenanceflauntgloatgroomgroominggrooming-relatedgussy

Related words (12)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

16 entries
activityaffectationattitudebehaviorbehavioral displaybehavioral processbiological processcarecare activitydescriptorgroomingpsychological statequalityself presentationtraitword class

More specific

20 entries
allopreeningbody groomingconceitedego displayegoismfeather groomingfeather preeninghair primpinghair stylingmakeup applicationnail carenail groomingplume maintenanceself admirationself-displayself-importance

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

13 entries
bird preeningexcessive preeningfeather maintenancefeather preeningplumage carepreen glandpreening activitypreening behaviorpreening featherspreening gesturepreening posturepreening routinepreening vanity

Inflections

5 entries
more preeningmost preeningpreenedpreeningspreens

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Katia Carranza, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Callie Manning are asked to do standard Hispanic preenings: hands on hips, placing weight on one leg while displaying the other thigh.

Source: wiktionary

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