arrogant
Americanadjective
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making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud.
an arrogant public official.
- Synonyms:
- brazen, imperious, haughty, presumptuous
- Antonyms:
- meek
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characterized by or proceeding from arrogance, or a sense of superiority, self-importance, or entitlement.
arrogant claims.
adjective
Related Words
See proud.
Other Word Forms
- arrogance noun
- arrogantly adverb
- superarrogant adjective
- superarrogantly adverb
- unarrogant adjective
- unarrogantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of arrogant
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin arrogant-, stem of arrogāns ) “presuming,” present participle of arrogāre; arrogate, -ant
Example Sentences
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Reflecting on his legacy, Coach partly blames the edit but acknowledges he often took himself too seriously, was arrogant, and tried too hard to be larger than life, yet he stresses his authenticity.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s being arrogant enough to design policy as if we have perfect information when we don’t.
He also seemed both arrogant and uneasy: desperate to be first, but scared that he’d only ever come second.
From Literature
He doesn't want to sound "arrogant", but if you are not "conventionally attractive", he says, then there is little softmaxxing can do.
From BBC
And yet how many Americans haven’t stared down a hardwood alley with murderous intent, preparing to unload a polished missile against 10 arrogant pins?
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