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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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?
Is it arrogant to want to be great?
From Los Angeles Times
“The French often have a reputation for being arrogant, particularly in diplomacy,” said François Heisbourg, a former senior French diplomat, who described the shift as clever.
It was quite a moment when a minister of the crown called the King's brother "rude, arrogant and entitled" at the despatch box of the House of Commons.
From BBC
We heard Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was "a rude, arrogant, entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest, which he said he served, and his own private interest".
From BBC
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