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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

self-assured, assertive and proud, a bit arrogant;

e.g. He acted a bit more chesty than usual while on stage.

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Similar Words

Arrogant

Assumptive

Bumptious

Buxom

Cavalier

Condescending

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

Highfalutin

Huffy

Imperious

Important

Junoesque

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Overweening

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-flattering

Sniffy

Stiff-necked

Supercilious

Superior

Than

Toplofty

Uppity

Well-turned

Zaftig

Zoftig

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Opposite Words

Acquiescent

Bashful

Compliant

Deferential

Demure

Diffident

Introverted

Meek

Modest

Mousy

Overmodest

Passive

Quiet

Reserved

Retiring

Self-critical

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Sheepish

Shy

Subdued

Submissive

Timid

Unaggressive

Unarrogant

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Yielding

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Related Words

Assured

Authoritarian

Biggety

Bombastic

Bossy

Braggart

Brash

Cocky

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

Curvaceous

Curvy

Disdainful

Dominant

Domineering

Egocentric

Egotistical

Extroverted

Forward

Hubristic

Impertinent

Important

Impudent

Magisterial

Narcissistic

Overweening

Patronizing

Pneumatic

Pompous

Pontifical

Prideful

Proud

Saucy

Self-applauding

Self-centered

Self-flattering

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Shapely

Smug

Snobbish

Snobby

Snooty

Stuck-up

Uninhibited

Unreserved

Vain

Vainglorious

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