What is another word for popinjays?

Pronunciation: [pˈɒpɪnd͡ʒˌe͡ɪz] (IPA)

Popinjays is a word that describes people who are showy, vain, and talkative. Some synonyms for this word include peacocks, braggarts, boasters, and blowhards. These synonyms all describe people who boast about themselves and their achievements, often with little substance to back up their claims. Other possible synonyms for popinjays include show-offs, egotists, narcissists, and loudmouths. All of these words describe individuals who are overly concerned with their own appearance and reputation, often at the expense of others. Whether we call them popinjays, peacocks, or blowhards, these types of people tend to be annoying to those around them.

What are the hypernyms for Popinjays?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    Parrots, birds, avian animals, fiercely mocking birds, showy birds, talkative birds.

Usage examples for Popinjays

The apprentice of the church was irritated at the impudence with which these dressed up popinjays, the apprentices of war, sauntered about the church.
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez
Then without waiting for an answer, drawing himself up straight as a ramrod he marched off to assist some popinjays of Abati officers, whom he hated and who hated him, to instil the elements of drill into a newly raised company, leaving me to wonder what fears or premonitions filled his honest soul.
"Queen Sheba's Ring"
H. Rider Haggard
They have no real spontaneity; they are all cowards and popinjays.
"Roderick Hudson"
Henry James

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