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swaggering
[ adj ]

1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

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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

2. flamboyantly adventurous

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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.

A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.

2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.

To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.