arrogant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio Mmmm
- /ˈæɹəɡənt/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈɛɹəɡənt/ Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈaɹəɡənt/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈæɹəɡənt/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈaɾəɡənt/ (Scotland, Wales)
- /ˈɛɹəɡənt/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.
Meanings
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Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
sound arrogant
Her arrogant attitude alienated the team.
He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.
an arrogant assumption
Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:seem arrogant to others
Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you’ll call me.
1987, Sam Donaldson, Hold On, Mr President!:The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wanting to be Loved:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most arrogant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more arrogant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| arrogaunt | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
humble · sycophantic · servile · humble · modest · modest · servile
Deriveds
agnorant · arrogantly · unarrogant · superarrogant
Hypernyms
overconfident · cocksure · proud
Hyponyms
Relateds
arrogate · arrogance · arrogancy · arrogantness · bossy · smug · cheeky · arrogation
Synonyms
cocky · flaunting · blustery · toploftical · bombastic · chesty · stuck up · proud · insolent · turgid · thrasonical · egotistical · uppish · stout · domineering · haught · conceited · haut · authoritarian · toplofty · overweening · high-handed · puffed up · presumptuous · hoity-toity · disdainful · pretentious · buggish · condescending · biggity · flatulent · high and mighty · imperious · presumptuous · la-di-da · inflated · conceited · thrasonic · pompous · cocky · disdainful · overbearing · entitled · hankty · ostentatious · self-important · snooty · uppy · vain · orgulous · hubristical · egotistical · turgescent · upstage · supercilious · highfalutin · grandiose · holier-than-thou · snobbish · glorious · full of oneself · hubristic · supercilious · overbearing · high-hat · lordly · sanctimonious · haughty · stuck up · uppity · big-headed · high-handed · snotty · vain · priggish · tumid · boastful · narcissistic · airy · arrogant · authoritarian
Translations (192)
hi अक्खड़ (having excessive pride) · pl arogancki (having excessive pride) · az təkəbbürlü (having excessive pride) · ko 오만하다 (having excessive pride) · ru зано́счивый (having excessive pride) · gd uaibhreach (having excessive pride) · nrf rupé (having excessive pride) · vi ngạo nghễ (having excessive pride) · hu arrogáns (having excessive pride) · hu felfuvalkodott (having excessive pride) · ta செருக்கு (having excessive pride) · ga sotalach (having excessive pride) · lv uzpūtīgs (having excessive pride) · no arrogant (having excessive pride) · bg надме́нен (having excessive pride) · hu öntelt (having excessive pride) · sa अभिमानिन् (having excessive pride) · fi julkea (having excessive pride) · az ötkəm (having excessive pride) · az yekəxana (having excessive pride) · km កំអួក (having excessive pride) · ga borrach (having excessive pride) · gd uailleach (having excessive pride) · mk др́зок (having excessive pride) · el υπεροπτικός (having excessive pride) · hu rátarti (having excessive pride) · cmn 驕傲 /骄傲 (having excessive pride) · da arrogant (having excessive pride) · hu fölényes (having excessive pride) · th เย่อหยิ่ง (having excessive pride) · ru надме́нный (having excessive pride) · pih waawaha (having excessive pride) · hy ամբարտավան (having excessive pride) · sl aroganten (having excessive pride) · ta கொழுப்பு (having excessive pride) · txb śarware (having excessive pride) · sh arogàntan (having excessive pride) · da højrøvet (having excessive pride) · ga teaspúil (having excessive pride) · got 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (having excessive pride) · vi kiêu (having excessive pride) · ar مُتَكَبِّر (having excessive pride) · fa برمنش (having excessive pride) · fi ylimielinen (having excessive pride) · uk бундю́чний (having excessive pride) · la arrogans (having excessive pride) · ga dí-umhal (having excessive pride) · ga iomarcach (having excessive pride) · uk гордови́тий (having excessive pride) · hu önelégült (having excessive pride) · uk пихли́вий (having excessive pride) · ca arrogant (having excessive pride) · vi kênh kiệu (having excessive pride) · ga mustrach (having excessive pride) · ug تەكەببۇر (having excessive pride) · es comemierda (having excessive pride) · sh арога̀нтан (having excessive pride) · mk на́перчен (having excessive pride) · nl arrogant (having excessive pride) · es plantillero (having excessive pride) · lv augstprātīgs (having excessive pride) · hi अभिमानी (having excessive pride) · ga anuallach (having excessive pride) · ja 傲慢な (having excessive pride) · uk гоноро́витий (having excessive pride) · tr tekebbürlü (having excessive pride) · cim buulo (having excessive pride) · mi whakahīhī (having excessive pride) · be пыхлі́вы (having excessive pride) · be ганары́сты (having excessive pride) · ar مَغْرُور (having excessive pride) · fi röyhkeä (having excessive pride) · es creído (having excessive pride) · he יָהִיר (having excessive pride) · su bedegong (having excessive pride) · fr arrogant (having excessive pride) · ta கர்வம் (having excessive pride) · ru высокоме́рный (having excessive pride) · az dikbaş (having excessive pride) · mt mkabbar (having excessive pride) · ga díomasach (having excessive pride) · mk го́рделив (having excessive pride) · kk менмен (having excessive pride) · hu gőgös (having excessive pride) · hi दम्भी (having excessive pride) · ka ქედმაღალი (having excessive pride) · cs domýšlivý (having excessive pride) · sv arrogant (having excessive pride) · bg високоме́рен (having excessive pride) · el αλαζονικός (having excessive pride) · ga uaibhreach (having excessive pride) · tg мағрур (having excessive pride) · hu nagyképű (having excessive pride) · bg арога́нтен (having excessive pride) · la superbus (having excessive pride) · fa خودبین (having excessive pride) · mk на́дмен (having excessive pride) · ga ainteann (having excessive pride) · fa مغرور (having excessive pride) · be самаўпэ́ўнены (having excessive pride) · cmn 傲慢 (having excessive pride) · ky текебер (having excessive pride) · ru спеси́вый (having excessive pride) · gl arrogante (having excessive pride) · lv iedomīgs (having excessive pride) · egy q-A-A28-Aa17-Z1 (having excessive pride) · mk арога́нтен (having excessive pride) · es altivo (having excessive pride) · ta இறுமாப்பு (having excessive pride) · tr kibirli (having excessive pride) · ka ამპარტავანი (having excessive pride) · hy մեծամիտ (having excessive pride) · ga tóstalach (having excessive pride) · sq arrogant (having excessive pride) · id sombong (having excessive pride) · es soberbio (having excessive pride) · es presumido (having excessive pride) · ta அகந்தை (having excessive pride) · fr orgueilleux (having excessive pride) · be фанабэры́сты (having excessive pride) · hy գոռոզ (having excessive pride) · pdt huachnäsich (having excessive pride) · mi whakatuanui (having excessive pride) · th หยิ่ง (having excessive pride) · be пага́рдлівы (having excessive pride) · cy trahaus (having excessive pride) · cs arogantní (having excessive pride) · uz takabbur (having excessive pride) · uz mutakabbir (having excessive pride) · grc γαῦρος (having excessive pride) · eo aroganta (having excessive pride) · sk arogantný (having excessive pride) · uk пиха́тий (having excessive pride) · pam mapangaya (having excessive pride) · hi घमंडी (having excessive pride) · hu pökhendi (having excessive pride) · hu önhitt (having excessive pride) · ru кичли́вый (having excessive pride) · es altanero (having excessive pride) · ro arogant (having excessive pride) · kk тәкаппар (having excessive pride) · uz magʻrur (having excessive pride) · mi whakatarapī (having excessive pride) · ota بورونلو (having excessive pride) · fi kopea (having excessive pride) · he מִתְנַשֵּׁא (having excessive pride) · hu fennhéjázó (having excessive pride) · ta திமிர் (having excessive pride) · de eingebildet (having excessive pride) · cmn 高傲 (having excessive pride) · ota تكبرلو (having excessive pride) · tg мутакаббир (having excessive pride) · es arrogante (having excessive pride) · ru гордели́вый (having excessive pride) · ru чванли́вый (having excessive pride) · io aroganta (having excessive pride) · it arrogante (having excessive pride) · eu harro (having excessive pride) · lb arrogant (having excessive pride) · ko 거만하다 (having excessive pride) · az məğrur (having excessive pride) · ta தற்பெருமை (having excessive pride) · de hochmütig (having excessive pride) · ta ஆணவம் (having excessive pride) · be напы́шлівы (having excessive pride) · ga anuaibhreach (having excessive pride) · cs nafoukaný (having excessive pride) · vi ngạo mạn (having excessive pride) · es comparón (having excessive pride) · ia arrogante (having excessive pride) · vi kiêu ngạo (having excessive pride) · ga béalteann (having excessive pride) · vi kiêu căng (having excessive pride) · ug ھاكاۋۇر (having excessive pride) · ru тщесла́вный (having excessive pride) · hi अहंकारी (having excessive pride) · fo hugmóðigur (having excessive pride) · ta அகங்காரம் (having excessive pride) · km ក្រអឺត (having excessive pride) · be ганарлі́вы (having excessive pride) · uk зарозумі́лий (having excessive pride) · ka მედიდური (having excessive pride) · mk воо́бразен (having excessive pride) · ga iarlaitheach (having excessive pride) · uk гонори́стий (having excessive pride) · grc ὑπερήφανος (having excessive pride) · ga foruallach (having excessive pride) · is hrokafullur (having excessive pride) · de arrogant (having excessive pride) · pt arrogante (having excessive pride) · uz manman (having excessive pride) · ta மமதை (having excessive pride)