SWAGGERED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

swaggered

verb

past tense of swagger

as in boasted

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament

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as in strutted

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room

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Recent Examples of swaggered Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own. — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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The original Volt boasted a combined range of almost 400 miles.

— Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
In the wake of the most recent rulings, Hoskins has repeatedly boasted about his wins in court.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of boasted

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Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Placed in a jail cell wired with hidden microphones, Jester bragged to his cellmate that when Jackson tried to fight back, he pistol-whipped the rapper and shot him three times in the back.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of bragged

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The feds’ case alleged that Mangione had stalked the executive for weeks and laid out plans to kill him in a manifesto that lamented greed in the health insurance industry at the expense of everyday Americans’ well-being.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Rhys gets to play Mayor Tom’s traumatic reactions to being stalked by a Sea Hag to great effect both comedically and horrifically.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of stalked

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