swaggering

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsdisdainfulhaughtyimperiouslordlyoverbearingpridefulsniffysupercilious

   Similarproud
2. 2.

   flamboyantly adventurous

   Synonymsswashbuckling

   Similaradventurous

Questions about swaggering

What does swaggering mean?

swaggering means "having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in swaggering?

swaggering has 3 syllables: swag-ge-ring. The stress falls on "swag". In IPA it is /ˈswæɡɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for swaggering?

Close synonyms include disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swaggering a common word?

swaggering is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.