arrogant
adjective
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud.
arrogantly
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a word derived from
arrogant.
Example Sentences
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“I was always arrogantly complaining about all the gins I drank,” said Alas, whose brand just released a new Eau de Minuit gin with notes of toasted oak, cocoa and tobacco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Humans are constantly revising their assessments of other beings’ intelligence while arrogantly presuming our superior sentience, with the world’s billionaires placing themselves above everyone else.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025
Reform councillor Thomas Kerr accused the first minister of being "arrogantly out-of-touch".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Hulga initially plans to meet up with him the next day as a “great joke,” then arrogantly imagines she’ll give him a “deeper understanding of life.”
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2024
The returnees from the previous year, already assured of a place on the team, shot layups as they glanced arrogantly toward the boys in the bleachers, sizing up the group as a whole.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
