arrogant

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.

Usage notes

  • Said of people, statements, etc.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

  1. arrogant

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Danish

Adjective

arrogant

  1. arrogant

Inflection

Inflection of arrogant
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular arrogant 2
indefinite neuter singular arrogant 2
plural arrogante 2
definite attributive1 arrogante

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

  1. arrogant

Declension

Declension of arrogant
uninflected arrogant
inflected arrogante
comparative arroganter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial arrogant arroganter het arrogantst
het arrogantste
indefinite m./f. sing. arrogante arrogantere arrogantste
n. sing. arrogant arroganter arrogantste
plural arrogante arrogantere arrogantste
definite arrogante arrogantere arrogantste
partitive arrogants arroganters

Descendants

  • Indonesian: arogan

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. arrogant

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. arrogant

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

arrogant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. arrogant

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

  1. arrogant

Declension

Inflection of arrogant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular arrogant mer arrogant mest arrogant
neuter singular arrogant mer arrogant mest arrogant
plural arroganta mer arroganta mest arroganta
masculine plural2 arrogante mer arroganta mest arroganta
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 arrogante mer arrogante mest arrogante
all arroganta mer arroganta mest arroganta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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