arrogant

English

Alternative forms

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

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

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

   Antonyms: servile, humble, modest

Usage notes

• Said of people, statements, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantly

Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogancy
• arrogantness
• arrogate
• arrogation

 

Translations

having excessive pride

• Albanian: arrogant (sq)
• Arabic: مُتَكَبِّر (mutakabbir)
• Armenian: գոռոզ (hy) (goṙoz), ամբարտավան (hy) (ambartavan), մեծամիտ (hy) (mecamit)
• Azerbaijani: ötkəm
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ганары́сты (hanarýsty), напы́шлівы (napýšlivy), фанабэры́сты (fanaberýsty), пыхлі́вы (pyxlívy), ганарлі́вы (hanarlívy), пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy), самаўпэ́ўнены (samaŭpéŭnjeny)
• Bulgarian: арогантен (bg) (aroganten), надменен (bg) (nadmenen), високомерен (bg) (visokomeren)
• Catalan: arrogant (ca)
• Chinese:

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

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

  Ancient: ὑπερήφανος (huperḗphanos), γαῦρος (gaûros)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: יהיר (he) (yahyr)
• Hindi: अभिमानी (hi) (abhimānī), घमंडी (hi) (ghamaṇḍī), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), अक्खड़ (hi) (akkhaṛ)
• Hungarian: arrogáns (hu), öntelt (hu), pökhendi (hu)
• Icelandic: hrokafullur
• Ido: aroganta (io)
• Interlingua: arrogante
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ainteann, anuaibhreach, anuallach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, sotalach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach
• Italian: arrogante (it)
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• Japanese: 傲慢な (ja) (gōman na)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 오만하다 (ko) (omanhada), 거만하다 (ko) (geomanhada)
• Latin: arrogans, superbus (la)
• Latvian: augstprātīgs, iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
• Luxembourgish: arrogant
• Macedonian: арогантен (aroganten), вообразен (voobrazen)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakahīhī, whakatuanui, whakatarapī
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: rupé
• Norwegian: arrogant (no)
• Persian: خودبین (fa) (xodbin), برمنش (barmaneš)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: waawaha
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арога̀нтан

  Roman: arogàntan (sh)

• Slovak: arogantný (sk)
• Slovene: aroganten (sl)
• Spanish: arrogante (es), soberbio (es), altivo (es), altanero (es), creído (es), presumido (es)
• Sundanese: bedegong
• Swedish: arrogant (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: หยิ่ง (th) (yìng)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kibirli (tr)
• Ukrainian: зарозумі́лий (zarozumílyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), пихли́вий (pyxlývyj), гонори́стий (honorýstyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), бундю́чний (uk) (bundjúčnyj), гоноро́витий (honoróvytyj)
• 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.
• “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arrogant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• tarragon

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ruˈɣan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.roˈɣant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.roˈɣant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantment

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Danish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Inflection

Inflection of arrogant
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	arrogant	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	arrogant	—	—2
Plural	arrogante	—	—2
Definite attributive1	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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/

• audio:

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

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

1. arrogant

Inflection

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

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French

Pronunciation

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

• audio:

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Adjective

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

1. arrogant

Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁoˈɡant/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (not comparable)

1. arrogant

Related terms

• Arroganz

Further reading

• “arrogant” in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

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

1. arrogant

Declension

declension of arrogant

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

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Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Declension

Inflection of arrogant
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	arrogant	mer arrogant	mest arrogant
Neuter singular	arrogant	mer arrogant	mest arrogant
Plural	arroganta	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
Masculine plural3	arrogante	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	arrogante	mer arrogante	mest arrogante
All	arroganta	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic