Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
- adj. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others: an arrogant contempt for the weak. See Synonyms at proud.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Making or having the disposition to make unwarrantable claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; aggressively haughty; full of assumption: applied to persons.
- Characterized by arrogance; proceeding from an overestimate of one's importance or superiority to others: applied to things: as, arrogant claims.
- Synonyms Authoritative, Magisterial, Dogmatic, etc. (see magisterial), proud, assuming, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious, lordly, cavalier, important, swelling, blustering, grand, disdainful, overweening.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.
- adj. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
Etymologies
- From Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French, from Latin arrogāns, arrogant-, present participle of arrogāre, to arrogate; see arrogate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But instead his posture was as erect as ever, his expression arrogant and aloof, and the body that should have looked soft and pale was even more toned after months behind bars.”
“I would not describe myself as an arrogant nerd, I prefer the term arrogant geek ...and on that bombshell”
“Obama the arrogant is a very small man not fit to be president.”
“Happening now, Iran defiance loud and clear inside the United Nations, the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, attacking what he calls arrogant powers and reinforcing his hatred of the United States.”
“Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described what he called the arrogant policies of the Bush administration.”
“His only reply would be a sweet, submissive smile which irritated her, and which she called arrogant and presumptuous.”
“As in previous years he criticized what he called the "arrogant powers" and suggested the United States and its western allies were to blame for global instability.”
“Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says popular demands for change will put an end to the oppression of what he called "arrogant powers.”
“And he feels entitled to pass judgment on Cambridge cops or on pediatricians … As we learned in the campaign last year, "arrogant" is the new "uppity.”
“Second, I agree that "arrogant" is a very appropriate description.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘arrogant’.
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GRE
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That which is disqualified.
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Words that describe the color red.
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
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feeling words
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SAT
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