chest-thumping

noun

Definition of chest-thumpingnext
as in arrogance

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Recent Examples of chest-thumping The Sabres took the chest-thumping contest, out-hitting the B’s 53-38. — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 But his uppercase blasts, chest-thumping rants and coarse insults are more likely now to draw a Gallic shrug. — Serge Schmemann, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026 His remarks about Iran moved beyond personal attacks or chest-thumping nationalism to take on a tone of collective punishment and civilizational destruction. — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026 That didn’t stop Uthmeier from chest-thumping across social-media platforms. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chest-thumping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chest-thumping
  1. arrogance
  2. snobbery
  3. inflation
  4. self-assertion
  5. snobbishness
  6. pomposity
  7. haughtiness
  8. imperiousness
Noun
  • The combination of arrogance and doctored intelligence that led the United States and its allies into the 2003 Iraq War is almost made for Hollywood.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
  • This psychological phenomenon explains why initial impressions can be so strong, leading managers to react differently to similar employees, seeing confidence in one and arrogance in another.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • The one caveat is that fashion is an industry that thrives on snobbery.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 July 2026
Definition of snobbery
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  • Alan Siow, co-head of EM corporate debt at Ninety One Asset Management, said the White House appears to be adapting to such legal constraints and may be emboldened by limited retaliation and no clear inflation spike.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • This could begin to erode Americans’ faith that inflation will eventually slow toward the Fed’s 2% annual target.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of inflation
Noun
  • And yet, the collateral damage that self-assertion can cause is also considered — women are not forgotten in the picture.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026
  • What these markets share is a lower tolerance for self-assertion without validation.
    — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of self-assertion
Noun
  • There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of snobbishness
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  • His genius was giving everything just enough of a comic edge to nullify pomposity.
    — Time, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Wagner’s humor deflates pomposity, and gives you permission to trust your own palate first.
    — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Definition of pomposity
Noun
  • Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of haughtiness
Noun
  • The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of imperiousness

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“Chest-thumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chest-thumping. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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