Crossword-Solution: PREENED 7 letters, 39 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Word Word Type Definition
Preened imp. & p. p. of Preen

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PREENED anagram DEERPEN, PRENEED

We have 39 clues for the answer “PREENED”

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Prettied oneself 1 answer
Dressed with elaborate care 1 answer
Fussed in front of a mirror 1 answer
Fussed with feathers 1 answer
Fussed with finery 1 answer
Got gussied up 1 answer
Groomed oneself 1 answer
Improved one's looks hopefully 1 answer
Monopolized the mirror 1 answer
Exhibited exultation 1 answer
Prettied up 1 answer
Sleekened 1 answer
Smoothed, as feathers 1 answer
Spent time on one's appearance 1 answer
Straightened, as feathers 1 answer
Swelled with pride 1 answer
Tried to look smart 1 answer
Used a mirror 1 answer
Dressed up in a fussy way 1 answer
Dressed up fussily 1 answer
Dressed fussily 1 answer
Combed, coxcomb-style 1 answer
Admired oneself in the mirror 1 answer
Admired oneself 1 answer
Strutted one's stuff 2 answers
Dressed for the ball 2 answers
Smoothed feathers 2 answers
Mirror hog 3 answers
Got smart 3 answers
Primped 3 answers
plumed 3 answers
Smartened up 5 answers
Showed off 6 answers
Dressed up 10 answers
A MIRROR 10 answers
Admired one 10 answers
BIT OF FINERY 13 answers
Admired 14 answers
groomed 25 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PREENED (5)

Ajax, a shimmering wonder of gorgeous feathers, sunned on the ridge pole of the old log stable, preened, spread his train, and uttered the peacock cry of defiance, to exercise his voice or to express his emotions at all times.
The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter 1995
Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the ground-floor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview.
Ann Veronica H. G. Wells 2006
His legs were long and thin and skinny, but he moved them delicately, and looked at them with pride as he preened down his ashy-gray tail-feathers, glanced over the smooth of his shoulder, and stiffened into “Stand at attention.” A mangy little Jackal, who had been yapping hungrily on a low bluff, cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows to join the Adjutant.
The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1999
The generals felt themselves fighting their battles over again, the spinsters blushed and preened themselves, the bishops took interest in proving that even the Church could be prompt of decision and swift of movement.
The Angel and the Author - and Others Jerome K. Jerome 2007
They proined* them, and made them right gay, *preened their feathers And danc’d and leapt upon the spray; And evermore two and two in fere,* *together Right so as they had chosen them to-year* *this year In Feverere* upon Saint Valentine’s Day.
The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer 2000

Quotes with PREENED (3)

We are searching for the same thing,” Stripey said.“How do you know?” Janco asked.“I read his mind.” The Sitian pointed to Ari. “Yours was too…chaotic. Too many useless thoughts to wade through.” A compliment or an insult? Janco guessed compliment and preened.
Maria V. Snyder Power Study
The Mania Speaks You clumsy bootlegger. Little daffodil. I watered you with an ocean and you plucked one little vein? Downed a couple bottles of pills and got yourself carted off to the ER? I gifted you the will of gunpowder, a matchstick tongue, and all you managed was a shredded sweater and a police warning? You should be legend by now. Girl in an orange jumpsuit, a headline. I built you from the purest napalm, fed you wine and bourbon. Preened you in the dark, hammered lul…
Jeanann Verlee Said the Manic to the Muse
When Magnus looked at Imasu, he saw Imasu had dropped his head into his hands." Er," Magnus said. "Are you quite all right?""I was simply overcome," Imasu said in a faint voice. Magnus preened slightly. "Ah. Well.""By how awful that was," Imasu said. Magnus blinked. "Pardon?""I can't live a lie any longer!" Imasu burst out. "I have tried to be encouraging. Dignitaries of the town have been sent to me, asking me to plead with you to stop. My own sainted mother begged me, with …
Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 39 times in crossword archives (1975–2025).