arrogance
offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.
Origin of arrogance
1- Also ar·ro·gan·cy .
Other words for arrogance
Opposites for arrogance
Other words from arrogance
- non·ar·ro·gance, noun
- non·ar·ro·gan·cy, noun
- su·per·ar·ro·gance, noun
Words Nearby arrogance
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How to use arrogance in a sentence
In Afghanistan, we failed to fully do so, and our hubris and arrogance did not serve us well.
I Was Deeply Involved in War in Afghanistan for More Than a Decade. Here's What We Must Learn | James Stavridis | August 16, 2021 | TimeAnother lamented that landlords were forced to “pander to the arrogance and greed of the workers.”
Pandemics have long created labor shortages. Here’s why. | Spencer Strub | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostHer voice all transatlantic arrogance, vodka delusion, and charming ignorance.
There’s some arrogance in thinking we can define what progress looks like for someone else.
Critics were quick to attack Goldenfeld and Maslov, accusing them of arrogance and failing to stay in their lane — “a consensus was very hard to beat, even when the people who are recognized experts chimed in in our defense,” Maslov said.
The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic | Jordana Cepelewicz | January 28, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
The pontiff blasts the selfishness, arrogance and detachment of the cardinals in Rome.
Pope Francis Denounces the Vatican Elite’s 'Spiritual Alzheimer’s' | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the fall, I received a Rhodes Scholarship—I approached arrogance.
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson | Cory Booker | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDoar agreed that this was a case about “arrogance,” but not of the 1,600 voters now disenfranchised, or of the Justice Department.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople who know him speak of a relaxed and charming man, remarkably free of arrogance or unpleasantness.
He developed a reputation for principled independence that others sometimes saw as arrogance.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR | John Avlon | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis whilom arrogance was all fallen from him; he wore instead an air of extreme contrition.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe ignorance of these ladies, their pride, their arrogance, excited in Jane's mind deep contempt.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottHis cronies at the Pandemonium accused him of assuming an air of habitual arrogance.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsIt is arrogance to think of launching out to serve the whole of India when I am hardly able to serve even my own family.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiIt came to Lowell in a flash that Bill's arrogance sprang from something deeper than mere conceit or drunkenness.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
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