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US
/ˈswæɡɝɪŋ/
]
[ UK /swˈæɡəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /swˈæɡəɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- flamboyantly adventurous
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
haughty aristocrats
walked with a prideful swagger
some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
his lordly manners were offensive
a more swaggering mood than usual
very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
How To Use swaggering In A Sentence
- Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate.
- But the picture built up in the media of a swaggering and callous man, was wrong. Times, Sunday Times
- The result is a setting that’s clearly modelled on an American high school but is populated almost entirely by kids and teachers with decidedly European accents — even when they have names like Brad and are swaggering around in letterman sweaters like an extra in Grease. The Curiosity of Chance
- His intense, swaggering stage presence and masterful violin playing has won him both fans and critical acclaim all over the world.
- A half-admiring, half-nervous public quickly dubbed his swaggering and very personal style of government the Dadis Show, which was the name of a television programme in which the captain himself questioned and berated miscreants. The Economist: Correspondent's diary
- Swaggering along in their check suits, gold chains, lumpy rings and billycocks, they were pointed out by name or exploit.
- They evidently mistook this brandy-bibbing as a swaggering habit of mine; whereas I was honestly prescribing for myself what had been recommended to me as the best preventive of cholera.
- Can this city survive without its traditional battalions of colorful characters swaggering through saloons and newspaper columns?
- Our swaggering demon is resolute until agile Laksman climbs on his foe's bent thigh to deliver a walloping strike that sends Intorachit reeling.
- Does this swaggering rock front man suffer from the same moment of unease? Times, Sunday Times