swagger

自信満々の態度、尊大さ

強い自信と得意げな態度。他人より優れていると思っているように見えることもある。

やさしい英語で： A very confident, proud manner that may suggest you think you are better than others.

• She spoke with her usual swagger.
• The young team played with surprising swagger.
• His swagger disappeared when he saw the results.

類義語： confidence, bravado, self-assurance

反対語： timidity

よく使う表現： youthful swagger, a confident swagger, someone's usual swagger

威張った歩き方、気取った歩き方

大胆で得意げな、自信たっぷりに見える歩き方。

やさしい英語で： A bold, proud way of walking that makes you look very sure of yourself.

• He walked with a swagger.
• I recognized her confident swagger from across the street.
• The sailor's rolling swagger made the children smile.

類義語： strut

よく使う表現： walk with a swagger, a rolling swagger, a cocky swagger

自慢話、大言壮語

自分がとても重要で、有能で、成功していると得意げに語ること。

やさしい英語で： Talk in which someone proudly claims to be very important, skilled, or successful.

• His speech was full of swagger.
• Behind all that swagger, he had little experience.
• Her claims of victory were nothing but empty swagger.

類義語： boasting, bragging, bluster

よく使う表現： empty swagger, boastful swagger, swagger and bluster

威張って歩く、ふんぞり返る

自信たっぷりで、他人より偉いと思っているように振る舞ったり歩いたりする。

やさしい英語で： To act or walk as though you are very confident and more important than other people.

• He swaggered into the room.
• They swagger around as if they own the place.
• She swaggered past her rivals after winning.

類義語： strut, swank

よく使う表現： swagger into somewhere, swagger around, swagger past someone, swagger down something