oneself[Fr]; put oneself forward; fish for compliments; give oneself airs &c. (assume) 885; boast &c. 884.
     render vain &c. adj.; inspire with vanity &c. n.; inflate, puff up,
turn up, turn one’s head. 
     Adj. vain, vain as a peacock, proud as a peacock; conceited,
overweening, pert, forward; vainglorious, high-flown; ostentatious &c. 882; puffed up, inflated, flushed.
     self-satisfied, self-confident, self-sufficient, self-flattering,
self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, self-opinionated; entente &c. (wrongheaded) 481; wise in one’s own conceit, pragmatical[obs3], overwise[obs3], pretentious, priggish; egotistic, egotistical; soi-disant &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[obs3], unpretentious; unobtrusive, unassuming,
unostentatious, unboastful[obs3], 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 faon. 
     Phr. “not stepping o’er the bounds of modesty” [Romeo and Juliet];
“thy modesty’s a candle to thy merit” [Fielding].

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     #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; fte, 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,