Swaggering
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Boastful, blustering behaviour. countable, uncountable
"Since the return of the redoubtable head of the French people to Paris, I have been no less amused by his ill-digested boastings and swaggerings, than I was before delighted by the complete discomfiture of his ambitious plans."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of swagger form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Boastful, proud, self-confident.
Adjective
- 1 flamboyantly adventurous wordnet
- 2 having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy wordnet
Example
More examples"He was a dashing, swaggering chap, smart and curled, who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had seen."