swaggering

Adjective
Synonyms: disdainfulhaughtyimperiouslordlyoverbearingpridefulsniffysuperciliousswashbuckling

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  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 — W.L.Shirer”Synonyms: disdainfulhaughtyimperiouslordlyoverbearingpridefulsniffysupercilious
  2. flamboyantly adventurousSynonyms: swashbuckling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]

1.To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. [1913 Webster]

A man who swaggers about London clubs.— Beaconsfield.[1913 Webster]

2.To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully. [1913 Webster]

What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!— Arbuthnot.[1913 Webster]
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.— Colier.[1913 Webster]
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