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airnoun a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effectplayed a lively air on his fiddle lay, melody, song, strain, tune, warble descant(also discant)cadence, measure, meter, rhythmballad, ditty, hymn, lyric, madrigal a slight or gentle movement of airwe sailed into the bay on a light air and just in time to enjoy a spectacular sunset breath, breeze, puff, waft, zephyr current, draft, whiffsea breezeblast, blow, flurry, gale, headwind, northeaster, norther, northwester, southeaster, southwester, tailwind, westerly, windsquall, tempest, tornado, windstormairflow calm a special quality or impression associated with somethingNaomi's the only person I know who can wear old jeans and a T-shirt with an air of elegance ambience(or ambiance), aroma, atmosphere, aura, climate, flavor, halo, karma, mood, nimbus, note, odor, patina, smell, temper, vibration(s) aureole(or aureola), mystique, romancegenius locifeel, feeling, sensation, sense, spiritattribute, character, characteristic, image, mark, notion, peculiarity, picture, property, traitcolor, illusion, overtone, semblance, suggestion, tone airs pl.a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceiveever since she joined the country club she's been putting on airs of being too "high society" for us ordinary folks act, charade, disguise, facade(also façade), front, guise, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense(or pretence), put-on, semblance, show impersonation, performance, portrayalimage, personaappearance, color, glosscamouflage, cloakaffectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guilebetrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulnessexcuse, pretext bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardnessartlessness, genuineness, naïveté(also naivete or naiveté) to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)suggested we air any complaints about the seating arrangements to the person who actually planned the event expound, express, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voice advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, saybroadcast, circulate, disseminate, publishdescribe, write, write upsound off, speak out, speak upchime incommunicate, convey, put across, put overoffer, submit give air to, put forth stifle, suppress censor, restrain, restrict n.pose, air, airs, affectation, mannerism mean an adopted way of speaking or behaving.pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others.her shyness was just a pose air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life.a traveler's sophisticated air airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness.snobbish airs affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere.the posh accent is an affectation mannerism applies to an acquired eccentricity that has become a habit.gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism v.express, vent, utter, voice, broach, air mean to make known what one thinks or feels.express suggests an impulse to reveal in words, gestures, actions, or what one creates or produces.expressed her feelings in music vent stresses a strong inner compulsion to express especially in words.a tirade venting his frustration utter implies the use of the voice not necessarily in articulate speech.utter a groan voice does not necessarily imply vocal utterance but does imply expression or formulation in words.an editorial voicing their concerns broach adds the implication of disclosing for the first time something long thought over or reserved for a suitable occasion.broached the subject of a divorce air implies an exposing or parading of one's views often in order to gain relief or sympathy or attention.publicly airing their differences in the 14th century |