Swaggering

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of swagger form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Boastful, proud, self-confident.
Adjective
  1. 1
    flamboyantly adventurous wordnet
  2. 2
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy wordnet

Example

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"He was a dashing, swaggering chap, smart and curled, who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had seen."

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