arrogant

[ar-uh-guhnt]

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adjective

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.

Origin of arrogant

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin arrogant- (stem of arrogāns) presuming, present participle of arrogāre. See arrogate, -ant

Related formsar·ro·gant·ly, adverbsu·per·ar·ro·gant, adjectivesu·per·ar·ro·gant·ly, adverbun·ar·ro·gant, adjectiveun·ar·ro·gant·ly, adverb

Synonyms for arrogant

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1. presumptuous, haughty, imperious, brazen. See proud.

Antonyms for arrogant

1. meek. 2. modest, humble.

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Related Words for arrogantly

haughtily, insolently, loftily, superciliously

Examples from the Web for arrogantly

Contemporary Examples of arrogantly

On the other hand, the success of the Olympics could be arrogantly misused by English politicians.
Take a Bow, London: The Olympics Were a Triumph
Peter Jukes
August 13, 2012
The rejectionist absolutism of Morris and others is simplistic, a-historical, full of inaccuracies and arrogantly one-sided.
A Second Response to Benny Morris
Daniel Levy
April 24, 2012

Historical Examples of arrogantly

He had told her then, arrogantly, that she'd need him some day.
Wanderer of Infinity
Harl Vincent
He rose from the table, bowing grandly, superbly, arrogantly.
In Kings' Byways
Stanley J. Weyman
By the tenth year of his freedom he was arrogantly out of debt.
The heart of happy hollow
Paul Laurence Dunbar
When the latter so arrogantly assumed the command, Hiens became very restive, and was waiting for an opportunity to dethrone him.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
John S. C. Abbott
"It wouldn't 'ave happened if I'd been there," he observed, arrogantly.
At Sunwich Port, Complete
W.W. Jacobs

British Dictionary definitions for arrogantly

arrogant

adjective

having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, merit, ability, etc; conceited; overbearingly proudan arrogant teacher; an arrogant assumption

Derived Formsarrogance, nounarrogantly, adverb

Word Origin for arrogant

C14: from Latin arrogāre to claim as one's own; see arrogate

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Word Origin and History for arrogantly

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.