Sentence:  Not unnaturally, "Auntie" took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she <WSD>showed</WSD> herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To display, to have somebody see (something).