swaggering

(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. Synonyms: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock. Examples: "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house."

(verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. Synonyms: browbeat, bully, swagger.

(verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. Synonyms: swagger, bluster, swash.

(adj) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. Synonyms: 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."

(adj) flamboyantly adventurous. Synonyms: swashbuckling.