arrogant
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
1synonym study For arrogant
Other words for arrogant
Opposites for arrogant
Other words from arrogant
- ar·ro·gant·ly, adverb
- su·per·ar·ro·gant, adjective
- su·per·ar·ro·gant·ly, adverb
- un·ar·ro·gant, adjective
- un·ar·ro·gant·ly, adverb
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How to use arrogant in a sentence
I am a driven, arrogant person who holds himself and everyone around him to incredibly high standards.
Jack Palladino, aggressive sleuth who worked for Bill Clinton campaign, dies at 76 | Harrison Smith | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostI think, for me, the real tell when I’m interviewing somebody is if they’re arrogant.
The BBC’s Katty Kay Shuts Down Men Who ‘Tell Me to Shut Up’ | Eugene Robinson | January 23, 2021 | OzyAfter news of her record broke, Stanley started to receive messages and comments online from people who criticized her for being arrogant and overly competitive.
On the other hand, the success of the Olympics could be arrogantly misused by English politicians.
The rejectionist absolutism of Morris and others is simplistic, a-historical, full of inaccuracies and arrogantly one-sided.
Human extravagances soon dispel, in the eyes of reason, the superiority which man arrogantly claims over other animals.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierWhen he went to Italy he studied there the masters whom his own teacher had arrogantly despised.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherIt was certain that he was preparing for that escape thus arrogantly announced by him.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Maurice LeblancPope rather arrogantly asked one gentleman if he knew what a note of interrogation was.
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes | VariousPurple and crimson rhododendrons rose arrogantly, like rampant heraldic animals against their burning background of laburnum gold.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for arrogant
/ (ˈærəɡənt) /
having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, merit, ability, etc; conceited; overbearingly proud: an arrogant teacher; an arrogant assumption
Origin of arrogant
1Derived forms of arrogant
- arrogance, noun
- arrogantly, adverb
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