vverb.motionto walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress othersSynset:cock prance ruffle sashay strut swagger tittup
Examples:- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Derivationally Related Form:pranceswaggerstrutswaggererprancer
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:tittupwalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | The children --- to the playground (apply to: sashay, prance, swagger, strut)
vverb.communicationdiscourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidateSynset:browbeat bully swagger
Derivationally Related Form:bully
Hypernyms:blarney cajole coax inveigle palaver sweet-talk wheedle
Inherited Hypernyms:browbeatwheedlepersuadeinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody into V-ing something | They --- him into writing the letter (apply to: browbeat, bully) | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: bully)
vverb.bodyact in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited mannerSynset:bluster swagger swash
Derivationally Related Form:swaggererblusterer
Hypernyms:act behave do
Inherited Hypernyms:swaggeract
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adj satadj.allhaving or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthySynset:disdainful haughty imperious lordly overbearing prideful sniffy supercilious
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:humble
Derivationally Related Form:superciliousnessdisdainfulnesshaughtinessoverbearingnessimperiousnesslordliness
Inherited Hypernyms:disdainful
Similar to:proud
adj satadj.allflamboyantly adventurousSynset:swashbuckling
Antonyms:unadventurous
Inherited Hypernyms:swaggering
Similar to:adventuresome adventurous