arrogant

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəɡənt/

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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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “arrogant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• tarragon

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.

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

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

• arrogantment

• arrogància

• “arrogant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arrogant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

Via French arrogant, Derived from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

arrogant (neuter arrogant, plural and definite singular attributive arrogante)

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)