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SWAGGERING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flamboyantly adventurous
Synonyms:
swaggering; swashbuckling
Classified under:
Similar:
adventuresome; adventurous (willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example:
a more swaggering mood than usual
Synonyms:
disdainful; haughty; imperious; lordly; overbearing; prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering
Classified under:
Similar:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb swagger
