GRE vocabulary
foppish
excessively concerned with one's appearance and fashion in an affected way
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Questions about “foppish”
Foppish (adjective) means excessively concerned with one's appearance and fashion in an affected way
Here is foppish used in an example sentence: "His foppish manner of dressing and speaking made him the target of much ribbing."
Common synonyms for foppish include dandyish, vain, affected, conceited.
Antonyms of foppish include modest, unpretentious, plain.
Foppish is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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