swaggering

swagger /'swægə/
  • danh từ
    • dáng điệu nghênh ngang; thái độ nghênh ngang; vẻ vênh váo
    • lời nói huênh hoanh khoác lác
    • vẻ đường hoàng tự tin; vẻ phóng khoáng
    • tính hợp thời trang; vẻ bảnh bao, vẻ lịch sự
    • tính từ
      • (thông tục) bảnh bao
        • swagger clothes: quần áo bảnh bao
    • nội động từ
      • đi đứng nghênh ngang; vênh váo
      • nói khoác lác huênh hoang
      • ngoại động từ
        • doạ dẫm (ai); nạt nộ (ai)
          • to swagger somebody into doing something: doạ dẫm ai bắt làm việc gì; nạt nộ ai bắt làm việc gì

      Xem thêm: disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swashbuckling, swagman, swaggie, strut, prance, tittup, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock, browbeat, bully, bluster, swash, groovy



      swaggering

      Từ điển WordNet

        adj.

      • 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; disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious
      • flamboyantly adventurous; swashbuckling

        n.

      • an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work; swagman, swaggie
      • a proud stiff pompous gait; strut, prance

        v.

      • to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; tittup, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock

        He struts around like a rooster in a hen house

      • discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate; browbeat, bully
      • act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner; bluster, swash

        adj.

      • (British informal) very chic; groovy

        groovy clothes


      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      swaggers|swaggered|swaggering
      syn.: parade strut