arrogant

English

Alternative forms

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
• (Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹəɡənt/
• (Canada, US)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəɡənt/

    • Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəɡənt/
• (Scotland, Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾəɡənt/

Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

1. Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

   Synonyms: authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egotistical, high-handed, narcissistic, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious, stuck up, proud, vain

   Antonyms: servile, humble, modest

   sound arrogant

   an arrogant assumption

   seem arrogant to others

   He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.

   Her arrogant attitude alienated the team.

   • 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.

   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:

     Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.

Usage notes

• Said of people, statements, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• agnorant
• arrogantly
• superarrogant
• unarrogant

Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogancy
• arrogantness
• arrogate
• arrogation

Translations

having excessive pride

• Albanian: arrogant (sq)
• Arabic: مُتَكَبِّر (mutakabbir), مَغْرُور (maḡrūr)
• Armenian: գոռոզ (hy) (goṙoz), ամբարտավան (hy) (ambartavan), մեծամիտ (hy) (mecamit)
• Azerbaijani: ötkəm, təkəbbürlü (az), dikbaş (az), məğrur (az), yekəxana
• Basque: harro
• Belarusian: ганары́сты (hanarýsty), напы́шлівы (napýšlivy), фанабэры́сты (fanaberýsty), пыхлі́вы (pyxlívy), ганарлі́вы (hanarlívy), пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy), самаўпэ́ўнены (samawpéwnjeny)
• Bulgarian: арога́нтен (bg) (arogánten), надме́нен (bg) (nadménen), високоме́рен (bg) (visokoméren)
• Catalan: arrogant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn), 高傲 (zh) (gāo'ào), 驕傲 / 骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào)

• Cimbrian: buulo
• Czech: arogantní (cs), domýšlivý (cs), nafoukaný (cs)
• Danish: arrogant, højrøvet
• Dutch: arrogant (nl)
• Egyptian: (qꜣ sꜣ)
• Esperanto: aroganta
• Faroese: hugmóðigur
• Finnish: ylimielinen (fi), röyhkeä (fi), kopea (fi), julkea (fi)
• French: arrogant (fr), orgueilleux (fr)
• Galician: arrogante (gl)
• Georgian: ამპარტავანი (amṗarṭavani), ქედმაღალი (kedmaɣali), მედიდური (mediduri)
• German: arrogant (de), hochmütig (de), eingebildet (de)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mikilþūhts)
• Greek: υπεροπτικός (el) (yperoptikós), αλαζονικός (el) (alazonikós)

  Ancient Greek: ὑπερήφανος (huperḗphanos), γαῦρος (gaûros)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: יָהִיר (he) (yahir), מִתְנַשֵּׁא (he) m (mitnassé)
• Hindi: अभिमानी (hi) (abhimānī), घमंडी (hi) (ghamaṇḍī), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), अक्खड़ (hi) (akkhaṛ), अहंकारी (hi) (ahaṅkārī)
• Hungarian: arrogáns (hu), öntelt (hu), pökhendi (hu), önhitt (hu), önelégült (hu), fennhéjázó (hu), gőgös (hu), rátarti (hu), felfuvalkodott (hu), fölényes (hu), nagyképű (hu)
• Icelandic: hrokafullur
• Ido: aroganta (io)
• Indonesian: sombong (id)
• Interlingua: arrogante
• Irish: ainteann, anuaibhreach, anuallach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, sotalach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach
• Italian: arrogante (it)
• Japanese: 傲慢な (ja) (gōman na)
• Kapampangan: mapangaya
• Kazakh: тәкаппар (täkappar), менмен (menmen)
• Khmer: កំអួក (km) (kɑmʼuək), ក្រអឺត (km) (krɑʼəɨt)
• Korean: 오만하다 (ko) (omanhada), 거만하다 (ko) (geomanhada)
• Kyrgyz: текебер (ky) (tekeber)
• Latin: arrogans, superbus (la)
• Latvian: augstprātīgs, iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
• Luxembourgish: arrogant
• Macedonian: на́дмен (nádmen), воо́бразен (voóbrazen), го́рделив (górdeliv), арога́нтен (arogánten), на́перчен (náperčen), др́зок (dŕzok)
• Maltese: mkabbar
• Māori: whakahīhī, whakatuanui, whakatarapī
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: rupé
• Norwegian: arrogant (no)
• Persian: خودبین (fa) (xodbin), برمنش (barmaneš), مغرور (fa) (maġrur)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: waawaha
• Plautdietsch: huachnäsich
• Polish: arogancki (pl)
• Portuguese: arrogante (pt)
• Romanian: arogant (ro)
• Russian: надме́нный (ru) (nadménnyj), высокоме́рный (ru) (vysokomérnyj), тщесла́вный (ru) (tščeslávnyj), кичли́вый (ru) (kičlívyj), гордели́вый (ru) (gordelívyj), спеси́вый (ru) (spesívyj), чванли́вый (ru) (čvanlívyj), зано́счивый (ru) (zanósčivyj)
• Sanskrit: अभिमानिन् (sa) (abhimānin)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaibhreach, uailleach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арога̀нтан

  Latin: arogàntan (sh)

• Slovak: arogantný (sk)
• Slovene: aroganten (sl)
• Spanish: arrogante (es), soberbio (es), altivo (es), altanero (es), creído (es), presumido (es), comparón (Dominican Republic), comemierda (es) (Latin America), plantillero (es) (rare)
• Sundanese: bedegong (su)
• Swedish: arrogant (sv)
• Tajik: мағрур (tg) (maġrur), мутакаббир (tg) (mutakabbir)
• Tamil: திமிர் (ta) (timir), இறுமாப்பு (ta) (iṟumāppu), அகங்காரம் (ta) (akaṅkāram), ஆணவம் (ta) (āṇavam), அகந்தை (ta) (akantai), கர்வம் (ta) (karvam), செருக்கு (ta) (cerukku), மமதை (ta) (mamatai), கொழுப்பு (ta) (koḻuppu), தற்பெருமை (ta) (taṟperumai)
• Thai: หยิ่ง (th) (yìng), เย่อหยิ่ง (th)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: śarware
• Turkish: kibirli (tr), tekebbürlü

  Ottoman Turkish: تكبرلو (tekebbürlü), بورونلو (burunlu)

• Ukrainian: пиха́тий (pyxátyj), зарозумі́лий (zarozumílyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), пихли́вий (pyxlývyj), гонори́стий (honorýstyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), бундю́чний (uk) (bundjúčnyj), гоноро́витий (honoróvytyj)
• Uyghur: تەكەببۇر (tekebbur), ھاكاۋۇر (hakawur)
• Uzbek: takabbur (uz), magʻrur (uz), manman (uz), mutakabbir (uz)
• Vietnamese: kiêu (vi), kiêu ngạo (vi), kiêu căng (vi), ngạo mạn (vi), kênh kiệu (vi), ngạo nghễ (vi)
• Welsh: trahaus (cy)

Further reading

• “arrogant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “arrogant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• tarragon

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.ruˈɣan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.roˈɣant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.roˈɣant]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.roˈɣan]

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantment

Related terms

• arrogància

Further reading

• “arrogant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arrogant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “arrogant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “arrogant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Danish

Etymology

From French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns.

Adjective

arrogant (neuter arrogant, plural and definite singular attributive arrogante)

1. arrogant

Inflection

Inflection of arrogant

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	arrogant	mere arrogant	mest arrogant2
indefinite neuter singular	arrogant	mere arrogant	mest arrogant2
plural	arrogante	mere arrogant	mest arrogant2
definite attributive1	arrogante	mere arrogant	mest arrogante

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

• arrogance

References

• “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

1. arrogant

Declension

Declension of arrogant
uninflected	arrogant
inflected	arrogante
comparative	arroganter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		arrogant	arroganter	het arrogantst het arrogantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	arrogante	arrogantere	arrogantste
	n. sing.	arrogant	arroganter	arrogantste
	plural	arrogante	arrogantere	arrogantste
definite		arrogante	arrogantere	arrogantste
partitive		arrogants	arroganters	—

Related terms

• arrogantie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: arogan

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arrogans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃/
• Homophone: arrogants

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Adjective

arrogant (feminine arrogante, masculine plural arrogants, feminine plural arrogantes)

1. arrogant

   Near-synonym: prétentieux

Related terms

• arrogance
• arroger

Further reading

• “arrogant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁoˈɡant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (strong nominative masculine singular arroganter, comparative arroganter, superlative am arrogantesten)

1. arrogant

Declension

Positive forms of arrogant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist arrogant sie ist arrogant es ist arrogant sie sind arrogant strong declension (without article) nominative arroganter arrogante arrogantes arrogante genitive arroganten arroganter arroganten arroganter dative arrogantem arroganter arrogantem arroganten accusative arroganten arrogante arrogantes arrogante weak declension (with definite article) nominative der arrogante die arrogante das arrogante die arroganten genitive des arroganten der arroganten des arroganten der arroganten dative dem arroganten der arroganten dem arroganten den arroganten accusative den arroganten die arrogante das arrogante die arroganten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein arroganter eine arrogante ein arrogantes (keine) arroganten genitive eines arroganten einer arroganten eines arroganten (keiner) arroganten dative einem arroganten einer arroganten einem arroganten (keinen) arroganten accusative einen arroganten eine arrogante ein arrogantes (keine) arroganten Comparative forms of arrogant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist arroganter sie ist arroganter es ist arroganter sie sind arroganter strong declension (without article) nominative arroganterer arrogantere arroganteres arrogantere genitive arroganteren arroganterer arroganteren arroganterer dative arroganterem arroganterer arroganterem arroganteren accusative arroganteren arrogantere arroganteres arrogantere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der arrogantere die arrogantere das arrogantere die arroganteren genitive des arroganteren der arroganteren des arroganteren der arroganteren dative dem arroganteren der arroganteren dem arroganteren den arroganteren accusative den arroganteren die arrogantere das arrogantere die arroganteren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein arroganterer eine arrogantere ein arroganteres (keine) arroganteren genitive eines arroganteren einer arroganteren eines arroganteren (keiner) arroganteren dative einem arroganteren einer arroganteren einem arroganteren (keinen) arroganteren accusative einen arroganteren eine arrogantere ein arroganteres (keine) arroganteren Superlative forms of arrogant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am arrogantesten sie ist am arrogantesten es ist am arrogantesten sie sind am arrogantesten strong declension (without article) nominative arrogantester arroganteste arrogantestes arroganteste genitive arrogantesten arrogantester arrogantesten arrogantester dative arrogantestem arrogantester arrogantestem arrogantesten accusative arrogantesten arroganteste arrogantestes arroganteste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der arroganteste die arroganteste das arroganteste die arrogantesten genitive des arrogantesten der arrogantesten des arrogantesten der arrogantesten dative dem arrogantesten der arrogantesten dem arrogantesten den arrogantesten accusative den arrogantesten die arroganteste das arroganteste die arrogantesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein arrogantester eine arroganteste ein arrogantestes (keine) arrogantesten genitive eines arrogantesten einer arrogantesten eines arrogantesten (keiner) arrogantesten dative einem arrogantesten einer arrogantesten einem arrogantesten (keinen) arrogantesten accusative einen arrogantesten eine arroganteste ein arrogantestes (keine) arrogantesten

Derived terms

• Arroganz

Related terms

• vigilant

Further reading

• “arrogant” in Duden online
• “arrogant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Latin

Verb

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

Luxembourgish

Adjective

arrogant (masculine arroganten, neuter arrogant, comparative méi arrogant, superlative am arrogantsten)

1. arrogant

Declension

Declension of arrogant

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		hien ass arrogant	si ass arrogant	et ass arrogant	si si(nn) arrogant
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
	independent without determiner			arrogantes	arroganter
dative	after any declined word	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganten
	as first declined word	arrogantem		arrogantem

Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Declension

Inflection of arrogant

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	arrogant	mer arrogant	mest arrogant
neuter singular	arrogant	mer arrogant	mest arrogant
plural	arroganta	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
masculine plural2	arrogante	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	arrogante	mer arrogante	mest arrogante
all	arroganta	mer arroganta	mest arroganta

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• arrogans

See also

• högfärdig

References

• “arrogant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “arrogant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “arrogant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)