Words and phrases that have a meaning related to preen: (147 results)
Often used in the same context:
cavort, primp, prance, bask, writhe, flaunt, ogle, strut, squawk, loll, deign, cluck, genuflect, philander, scold, schmooze, copulate, bloviate, ululate, luxuriate, ganders, leer, grovels, gawk, munch, emote, yammer, pout, flouncing, waddle, speechify, slink, cosset, snivel, coiffed, berate, strumpets, canoodle, bathe, perambulate, obsess, pontificating, scanties, anting, declaim, exude, haughty, gambol, placidly, flagellate, scurry, skulk, simper, befoul, gape, carouse, revel, flit, slobber, pouters, wallow, prigs, shags, airheads, obsequious, mooches, chide, demureness, flatterers, glower, nymphets, screechers, starlets, nibble, haplessly, drabber, taloned, adulate, barelegged, coarsen, featherless, prate, squirm, bicker, fops, chomp, condescend, philosophise, fornicate, bray, drool, fawning, totter, piously, hobnob, clownlike, sanctimonious, tiptoe, lordly, boorishly, unselfconsciously, troglodytic, alas, aspire, baubles, continental, darlings, dwelt, excel, gallant, glories, grams, imparts, latter, shines, try, wishing, *, 1s, 7s, above, adhering
More general:
arrange, attire, crow, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gloat, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, set up, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, triumph
Synonyms:
Also try:congratulate, dress, plume, pride
— Adjectives for preen: new, few, worth, former, thye, vain, blue
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