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.
• “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →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, 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.

arrogant

1. arrogant

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.

• 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

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	—

• 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

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

• arrogans

• högfärdig

• arrogant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)