arrogant
[ar-uh-guh nt]
- making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
- characterized by or proceeding from arrogance, or a sense of superiority, self-importance, or entitlement: arrogant claims.
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Origin of arrogant
Synonyms
See more synonyms for arrogant on Thesaurus.com1. presumptuous, haughty, imperious, brazen. See proud.
Antonyms
1. meek. 2. modest, humble.
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Examples from the Web for arrogant
Contemporary Examples
Mizell called the Justice Department “arrogant” for bringing this frivolous case to the court.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights EraGary May
November 15, 2014
Preening, arrogant, vindictive, and inexorable; awash with cash; corrupt; in bed with corporate America and big finance.
He struck many people there, at the time, not in retrospect, as arrogant and cold.
All that would be tolerable if he were an arrogant jerk, or just plain dumb.
It was arrogant,” he says, adding, “If you go along with the status quo in South Carolina, you can break the law with impunity.
Historical Examples
He has not half the arrogant bravery of the other, and can better hide his horns; that's all.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
"That there's where I stand," he stated, with arrogant self-assurance.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
"I care naught for others," he broke in, with harsh and arrogant contempt.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
You are too arrogant, Madonna, when you presume to judge what pleases God.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
His kind is too arrogant, too self-confident to have recourse to untruth.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
arrogant
- having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, merit, ability, etc; conceited; overbearingly proudan arrogant teacher; an arrogant assumption
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin arrogāre to claim as one's own; see arrogate
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Word Origin and History for arrogant
adj.
late 14c., from Old French arrogant (14c.), from Latin arrogantem (nominative arrogans) "assuming, overbearing, insolent," present participle of arrogare (see arrogance). Related: Arrogantly.
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