arrogant
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
(Mary–marry–merry merger)Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)
- 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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
Derived terms
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Translations
having excessive pride
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Further reading
- “arrogant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “arrogant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “arrogant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arrogant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Danish
Adjective
arrogant
Inflection
| Inflection of arrogant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte 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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References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)
Inflection
| Inflection 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 | — | |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: arogan
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
arrogant (feminine arrogante, masculine plural arrogants, feminine plural arrogantes)
Further reading
- “arrogant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
arrogant (strong nominative masculine singular arroganter, comparative arroganter, superlative am arrogantesten)
Declension
Positive forms of arrogant
Comparative forms of arrogant
Superlative forms of arrogant
Derived terms
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Further reading
Latin
Verb
arrogant
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
arrogant (masculine arroganten, neuter arrogant, comparative méi arrogant, superlative am arrogantsten)
Declension
declension of arrogant
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass arrogant | si ass arrogant | et ass arrogant | si si(nn) arrogant | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | arroganten | arrogant | arrogant | arrogant |
| independent without determiner | arrogantes | arroganter | |||
| dative | after any declined word | arroganten | arroganter | arroganten | arroganten |
| as first declined word | arrogantem | arrogantem | |||
Swedish
Adjective
arrogant
Declension
| Inflection of arrogant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | arrogant | mer arrogant | mest arrogant |
| Neuter singular | arrogant | mer arrogant | mest arrogant |
| Plural | arroganta | mer arroganta | mest arroganta |
| Masculine plural3 | arrogante | mer arroganta | mest arroganta |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | arrogante | mer arrogante | mest arrogante |
| All | arroganta | mer arroganta | mest arroganta |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||