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• Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.From the entry snooty
• But police said he was arrogant and manipulative, while Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah was weak-minded and gullible.2024 December 5, Katie Thompson, Annie Delaney, “The fictional kingdom of couple who buried son in garden”, in BBC News. From the entry weak-minded
• They admired in each other a brusque self-assurance and artless candor that others often perceived as arrogant.2018 June 19, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Inside the Crypto World’s Biggest Scandal”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications…. From the entry brusque
• Isaac soon found out that deejaying was a trade that attracted transient, laid-back but arrogant people.2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 256. From the entry deejay
• His presence, after all, disturbs our arrogant pretensions and suitheistic fantasies.2008, James Patrick Holding, Shattering the Christ Myth, page 334. From the entry suitheistic
• Tanjo's the best archer amongst us, but he's arrogant and liable to underjudge an opponent.2004, J. V. Jones, A Fortress of Grey Ice (Sword of Shadows; book two), page 268. From the entry underjudge
• Pan loafy people can also be very stuffy and toffee nosed and hence arrogant.1993, K Stephen, “Proud to be British?”, in soc.culture.british (Usenet). From the entry pan-loafy
• I’ll show you who’s afraid of you, you arrogant piece of toe-jam.1993, Dyan Sheldon, “Leader of the Pack”, in You Can Never Go Home Again, [New York, N.Y.?]: WestWind/Troll Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page 99. From the entry toe-jam
• He might have been drowned, along with fat Basil, that arrogant merchant, when the swanship broke apart.1983, Dikkon Eberhart, Paradise: A Novel, Stemmer House Pub, page 14. From the entry swanship
• I had been an arrogant defiler of womanhood, a hubrist of the worst order!1978 Peter Edler The Dooming Eye: A Novel Page 54. From the entry hubrist
• His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry busby
• A scug was an untidy, ill-mannered, and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant.1969, Ralph G. Martin, Jennie: the Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: The romantic years, 1854-1895, Prentice-Hall, page 54. From the entry scug
• She was thoughtful and full of consideration without being slavish and without compromising her arrogant spirit.1953, Ian Fleming, “Tide of Passion”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 167. From the entry rape
• While it is generally admitted that Leonardo was hugely gifted, the modern tendency to arrogant 'epochism' seeks to undermine his achievements.2020, Clive Prince, Lynn Picknett, The Templar Revelation, page 26. From the entry epochism
• Anyone who discounts the peril is a self-important, arrogant balatron.2015, Peter N. Milligan, Bulls Before Breakfast, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry balatron
• Kneller's portrait shows a handsome, even slightly effeminate young man, arrogant, perhaps petulant, but for many, the ideal beau sabreur.2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 66. From the entry beau sabreur
• Instead, a handful of arrogant greedmeisters blew up their institutions and took our economy off the cliff along the way.2009 January 18, Gretchen Morgenson, “The End of Banking as We Know It”, in New York Times. From the entry greedmeister
• Moving around discussions isn't just netcoppish, arrogant, or misguided.2009 August 5, VanguardLH, “Re: IE8”, in microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general (Usenet). From the entry netcoppish
• At the same time, they jeered the heels, the masked men, the arrogant, bearded Russians and Germans, and the treacherous Japanese.2007, Gary Howard, “Linking the East and the North”, in The Rassler from Renfrew: The History of Northland Wrestling Enterprises…. From the entry baby face
• Two of the more arrogant birds actually inspected the inside of the tent, clucking away to each other as they stickybeaked.2007, Kevin Hallewell, Woop Woop, page 104. From the entry stickybeak
• "We're not arrogant, we're confident about what we're doing," says Hill, "But there's a fine line between them, isn't there?"2005 June 20, Steve Rose, quoting Terry Hill, “The men continuing Ove Arup's architectural vision”, in The Guardian. From the entry fine line
• I am afraid I have been proudhearted and arrogant.2005, Sheila Carmel, Hana Wirth-Nesher, The Sheila Carmel lectures, 1994-2004, page 180. From the entry proudhearted
• Chinese psychologists recently have also written extensively about the emergence of so-called little emperors—arrogant, spoiled children who grow up without siblings.1988 November 2, Edward A. Gargan, “Beijing Admits Easing of Birth Limits”, in The New York Times, page A3. From the entry little emperor
• Arrogant, aloof, and suspicious, a “sundowner,” or strict disciplinarian, King inspired respect in many but affection in few.1985, Ronald H. Spector, Eagle Against the Sun. From the entry sundowner
• A literata who is fond of descriptions like “an arrogant, almost cruel mouth,” “the thick lips of Mr.1944, George Jean Nathan, The Theatre Book of the Year 1944–1945: A Record and an Interpretation, Alfred A. Knopf, page 32. From the entry literata
• May God's curse rest upon the arrogant men and the unholy ambitions which let loose this horror upon humanity!1916, Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Glimpse of the French Line”, in A Visit to Three Fronts. From the entry let loose
• Bourbonism had dominated France for a century and a half, growing daily more arrogant, grasping, unfeeling, cruel, autocratic.1909 July 16, The California Weekly, volume 1, page 530. From the entry Bourbonism
• “One who is bold enough to create his own pseudonym and yet still arrogant enough to put his name on the title of the book.”2018 September 4, Jerry Davich, “Are you infected by the social disease of 'agnorance'?”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original…. From the entry agnorant
• Tweets and Internet memes mocked his arrogant sense of impunity, ensuring that “sottocopy” and “sinotto” will forever be part of his legacy.2012 November 9, Miguel Syjuco, “Something new to Sottocopy”, in Rappler. From the entry sottocopy
• Not quite round – but good enough to be launched from a slingshot and to cause an arrogant lad to misshoot with his bow.2011, Allan Frewin Jones, Destiny's Path. From the entry misshoot
• He's precisely the kind of ugly American people cringe upon meeting—loud, demanding and arrogant, a bottle of Scotch never far from his elbow.2010 April 8, Linda Barnard, “The Eclipse: Ghosts among the living”, in The Star, retrieved 17 Jul 2017. From the entry Ugly American
• As the Cochrane fragment attests, crackers had reputations for being ill-mannered, arrogant, treacherous, and cruel, stealing from Indians and propertied white colonists alike.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 36. From the entry intercolonial
• She pulled off the paper and looked at what he'd bought her, what the horrid, arrogant, boot-burning, bossy pants had bought her.2006, Anne Grace, The Perfect Stranger, Berkley Sensation, →ISBN. From the entry bossy pants
• Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me.2005, Joyce Carol Oates, Missing Mom, Ecco, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry kyle
• The classic posture, in which you lie on your back while the male serves you, may make him feel arrogant and in charge.1996, Lorelei, The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl’s Guide to Female Dominance, Scranton, Pennsylvania: Berkana Press, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry queen
• In part, Philotas had himself to blame: he was arrogant, and he disparaged the achievements of Alexander, claiming for Parmenion the credit for Makedon's victories.1992, Waldemar Heckel, “[The 'New Men'] Hephaistion: omnium amicorum carissimus”, in The Marshals of Alexander’s Empire, London; New York…. From the entry Makedonian
• Far from being a model of democracy, the EU is associated with an arrogant, out-of-touch mandarinate that issues rules and edicts with paternalistic and highhanded disregard for ordinary citizens.2011, Ian Buruma, Europe without Turkey. From the entry mandarinate

Meaning of arrogant

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

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How do you use arrogant in a sentence?

Arrogant is used as an adjective. For example: “He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.”

What is a short sentence with arrogant?

“an arrogant assumption”

What does arrogant mean?

Arrogant means having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.