swaggering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
    sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; prance; swagger; cock.
    • He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
  2. verb discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
    swagger; bully; browbeat.
  3. verb act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
    swash; swagger; bluster.
  4. adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    overbearing; haughty; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
    • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
    • haughty aristocrats
    • his lordly manners were offensive
    • walked with a prideful swagger
    • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
    • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
    • a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
  5. adjective satellite flamboyantly adventurous
    swashbuckling.

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