arrogant
UK/ˈæɹəɡənt/
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British/ˈaɹəɡənt/
arrogant adjective: having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
Adjective
arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)
- Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
- sound arrogant
- an arrogant assumption
- Synonyms:
- authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egotistical, high-handed, narcissistic, overbearing, presumptuous
arrogant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arrogant in Hindi
- having excessive pride
- अभिमानी abhimānī, घमंडी ghamaṇḍī, दम्भी dambhī, अक्खड़ akkhaṛ, अहंकारी ahaṅkārī
arrogant in Tamil
- having excessive pride
- திமிர் timir, இறுமாப்பு iṟumāppu, அகங்காரம் akaṅkāram, ஆணவம் āṇavam, அகந்தை akantai, கர்வம் karvam
arrogant in Marathi
- अहंकारी, घमंडी
arrogant in Urdu
- خودسر, مغرور
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- arrogant in Bengali
- অহংকারী, অহংকারপূর্ণ
- arrogant in Telugu
- అహంకారి
- arrogant in Malayalam
- ഗർവ്വുളള, അഹങ്കാരിയായ
- arrogant in Kannada
- ಅಹಂಕಾರದ, ಜಂಬದ, ಗರ್ವದ, ಸೊಕ್ಕಿದ
- arrogant in Punjabi
- ਘਮੰਡੀ
- arrogant in Gujarati
- માતું mātũ
- arrogant in Odia
- ଅହଙ୍କାରୀ, ଅହଂକାରୀ
- arrogant in Sanskrit
- अभिमानिन् abhimānin
- arrogant in Assamese
- গঙাটোপ goṅatüp
- arrogant in Arabic
- مُتَكَبِّر mutakabbir, مَغْرُور maḡrūr
- arrogant in Indonesian
- sombong
- arrogant in Persian
- خودبین xodbin, برمنش barmaneš, مغرور maġrur
- arrogant in Thai
- หยิ่ง yìng, เย่อหยิ่ง
- arrogant in Vietnamese
- kiêu, kiêu ngạo, kiêu căng, ngạo mạn
Examples of arrogant in a sentence
- seem arrogant to others
- He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.
- Her arrogant attitude alienated the team.
- The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wanting to be Loved:
Synonyms of arrogant
- authoritarian
- cocky
- conceited
- condescending
- disdainful
- egotistical
- high-handed
- narcissistic
- overbearing
- presumptuous
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Antonyms
Forms of arrogant
| comparative | more arrogant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most arrogant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | arrogaunt |
Origin of arrogant
From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.
Words formed from arrogant
Questions about arrogant
- What does arrogant mean?
- Arrogant means having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
- What is arrogant in Hindi?
- Arrogant in Hindi is अभिमानी (abhimānī), घमंडी (ghamaṇḍī), दम्भी (dambhī). See Arrogant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use arrogant in a sentence?
- seem arrogant to others
- What part of speech is arrogant?
- Arrogant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce arrogant?
- Arrogant is pronounced /ˈæɹəɡənt/ (UK).
Words near arrogant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: arrogant (page history and authors); arrogant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arrogant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogant (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arrogant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogant (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); માતું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); arrogant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); গঙাটোপ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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