Synonyms of swaggering

Verb


1. tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock, walk

usage: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

2. browbeat, bully, swagger, wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle

usage: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

3. swagger, bluster, swash, act, behave, do

usage: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

Adjective


1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering, proud (vs. humble)

usage: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "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

2. swaggering, swashbuckling, adventurous (vs. unadventurous), adventuresome

usage: flamboyantly adventurous

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Definition and meaning of swaggering (Dictionary)