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 Jeezy, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Swizz Beatz, Rihanna (who briefly out-swaggered Jay), Pharrell, and Beyoncé, backed by the Mayyas, a Lebanese dance group. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The buck stopped, stared, detected no threat and turned and swaggered away. — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2019 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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By the time multicellular creatures arrived, our living planet boasted nearly five thousand minerals—an abundance unmatched in our solar system.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Below the bust, the dress boasted a pale corset-style midriff with triangular cutouts that wrapped around to the back of the design.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026

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The song ended with Gigi Hadid emerging on stage and having a sweet moment with McRae, who strutted side-by-side with the veteran VS Angel for a few beats before falling back and finishing out the track.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
Number 87 strutted into Arrowhead Stadium after the NFL bye week wearing a cable knit, wool-blend letterman cardigan ($249) from the line.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

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The first episode started with poor Struan Loy getting stalked and later torched alive by a pair of Russian assassins as relentless and seemingly unkillable as Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

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