arrogant

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/

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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

   • 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.

• Said of people, statements, etc.

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

• “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.

• tarragon

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.

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

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

• arrogantment

• arrogància

• “arrogant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arrogant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “arrogant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arrogant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

arrogant

1. arrogant

• arrogance

• “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/

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

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

1. arrogant

• arrogantie

• → Indonesian: arogan

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

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

1. arrogant

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

• IPA^(key): /aʁoˈɡant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

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

1. arrogant

• Arroganz

• vigilant

• “arrogant” in Duden online
• “arrogant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

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

1. arrogant

arrogant

1. arrogant

• arrogans

• högfärdig

• arrogant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)