ADJECTIVE | all | swaggering, disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
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all | swaggering, swashbuckling | flamboyantly adventurous |
Sounds | swae'gerihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. | |
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Example | "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer | |
Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious | |
Broader | proud | Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth |
Spanish | altivo, arrogante, desdeñoso, despectivo, imperioso, orgulloso, soberbio | |
Catalan | arrogant, desdenyós, despectiu, imperiós, superb |
Meaning | flamboyantly adventurous. | |
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Synonym | swashbuckling | |
Broader | adventurous, adventuresome | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
Spanish | corajoso, temerario, valeroso, valiente | |
Catalan | coratjós, temerari, valent, valerós |
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