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Meaning of 'swaggering' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Swaggering [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Swagger

Meaning of 'swaggering' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . swaggering [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example in sentence:
  • a more swaggering mood than usual;
  • haughty aristocrats;
  • his lordly manners were offensive;
  • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air;
  • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines;
  • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette;
  • walked with a prideful swagger

Nearby Words:

swa swab swabbed swabber swabbing swad swaddle swaddlebill swaddled swaddler

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