arrogant

English

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Alternative forms

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈærəɡənt/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

1. Having excessive pride in oneself.
   • 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wanting to be Loved:

     The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

   • 1987, Sam Donaldson, Hold On, Mr President!:

     Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you’ll call me.

Usage notes

• Said of people, statements, etc.

Synonyms

complacent conceited condescending

disdainful haughty high-handed

narcissistic overbearing presumptuous

supercilious proud vain

• See also Wikisaurus:arrogant

Antonyms

• humble
• modest

Derived terms

• arrogantly

Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogancy
• arrogate
• arrogation
• arrogantness

Translations

having excessive pride

Albanian: arrogant (sq) Arabic: متكبر (ar) (mutakabbir) Bulgarian: арогантен (bg) m., арогантна (bg) f., арогантно (bg) n., надменен (bg), високомерен (bg) Catalan: arrogant (ca) Chinese: 傲慢 (ào màn) Croatian: arogàntan (hr) Czech: arogantní (cs), domýšlivý (cs) m., nafoukaný (cs) m. Dutch: arrogant (nl) Esperanto: aroganta (eo) Finnish: röyhkeä (fi), ylimielinen (fi), kopea (fi), julkea (fi) French: arrogant (fr) m., arrogante (fr) f., orgueilleux (fr) m., orgueilleuse (fr) f. German: arrogant, hochmütig, eingebildet Greek: υπεροπτικός (el) (yperoptikós) Hebrew: יהיר (yahyr) m., יהירה (yehyra) f.

Hindi: अभिमानी (hi) (abhimānī) Ido: aroganta Interlingua: arrogante Italian: arrogante m. and f. Luxembourgish: arrogant (lb) Norfuk: waawaha Norwegian: arrogant (no) Polish: arogancki (pl) m. Portuguese: arrogante m. and f. Romanian: arogant m., arogantă f. Russian: надменный (ru) m., высокомерный (ru) m., тщеславный (ru) m., кичливый (ru) m., горделивый (ru) m., спесивый (ru) m., чванливый (ru) m., заносчивый (ru) m. Spanish: arrogante (es), soberbio (es), altivo (es), altanero (es), creído (es), presumido (es) Swedish: arrogant (sv)

External links

• arrogant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• arrogant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• arrogant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• tarragon

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant m. and f. (plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantment

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Danish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

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French

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

arrogant m. (f. arrogante, m. plural arrogants, f. plural arrogantes)

1. arrogant

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

• Audio (Austria)

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Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

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Latin

Verb

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Declension

declension of arrogant

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
accusative	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
nominative	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
dative	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganten

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Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Declension

Declension of arrogant

Inflections of arrogant Comparation by mer and mest
Indefinite singular	Common	arrogant
	Neuter	arrogant
Definite singular	Masc.	arrogante
	All	arroganta
Plural		arroganta