disapproving
101show off — verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (Freq. 4) he showed off his new sports car • Syn: ↑flaunt, ↑flash, ↑ostentate, ↑swank • Derivationally related forms: ↑ostentation …
102sleep around — verb be sexually active with more than one partner His wife bed hops • Syn: ↑bed hop, ↑bedhop • Hypernyms: ↑fornicate • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * …
103social climber — noun someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior • Syn: ↑climber • Derivationally related forms: ↑climb (for: ↑climber) • Hypernyms: ↑upstart, ↑parvenu, ↑ …
104stuffed shirt — noun a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old fashioned • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑bore, ↑dullard * * * noun : a smug conceited usually pompous person with an inflexibly conservative or reactionary attitude nothing of… …
105touchy-feely — adjective (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact) • Similar to: ↑loving • Usage Domain: ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation * * * /ˌtʌʧiˈfiːli/ adj [more touchy feely; most touchy… …
106trophy wife — noun a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man his trophy wife was an asset to his business • Hypernyms: ↑wife, ↑married woman * * * noun, pl ⋯ wives [count] informal + disapproving : an attractive… …
107weasel word — noun an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion • Hypernyms: ↑reservation, ↑qualification * * * noun Etymology: weasel (I) + word; from the weasel s reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg white… …
108work-shy — adjective disinclined to work or exertion faineant kings under whose rule the country languished an indolent hanger on too lazy to wash the dishes shiftless idle youth slothful employees the unemployed are not necessarily work shy • Syn: ↑ …
109cop-out — n excuse, dodge, evasion, fraud, pretence, pretext, alibi COLLOQ. get out, shirking, passing the buck * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: cop out, verb (herein) 1. : an excuse for copping out …
110on the make — adverb (or adjective) 1. : in the process of forming, growing, or improving 2. : in quest of a higher social or financial status : in an aggressively and alertly opportunistic frame of mind 3. : in search of sexual adventure * * * …
