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swaggering

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Boastful, proud, self-confident.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boastful, proud, self-confident, confident, swashbuckling

Antonyms: mincing

2

noun

Meaning 2

Boastful, blustering behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of swagger

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

flamboyantly adventurous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: swashbuckling

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy- W.L.Shirer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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