swaggering

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Verb

1. present participle of swagger#English|swagger

Adjective

swaggering

1. Boastful, proud, self-confident.

Synonyms

• proud

Antonyms

• mincing

Noun

swaggering (plural swaggerings)

1. Boastful, blustering behaviour.
   • 1814, George Cruikshank, ‎Robert Cruikshank, The Spirit of the Public Journals

     Since the return of the redoubtable head of the French people to Paris, I have been no less amused by his ill-digested boastings and swaggerings, than I was before delighted by the complete discomfiture of his ambitious plans.

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