What does arrogant mean?
Definitions for arrogant
ˈær ə gəntar·ro·gant
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Princeton's WordNet
arrogant, chesty, self-importantadjective
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
"an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"
Wiktionary
arrogantadjective
Given to arrogating; having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.
Etymology: From arrogant, from arrogans, present active participle of arrogo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Arrogantadjective
Given to make exorbitant claims; haughty; proud.
Etymology: arrogans, Lat.
Feagh’s right unto that country which he claims, or the signiory therein, must be vain and arrogant. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
An arrogant way of treating with other princes and states, is natural to popular governments. William Temple.
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arrogant
Arrogant refers to the behavior or attitude of an individual who has an exaggerated sense of their own importance, abilities, or worth, often showing a lack of consideration or respect for others. It is characterized by having a superior or haughty manner, believing oneself to be superior to others without a justified or valid reason.
Webster Dictionary
Arrogantadjective
making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons
Arrogantadjective
containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of arrogant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of arrogant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of arrogant in a Sentence
You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.
I'm very sympathetic to them, it makes me feel that I have to solve this, but not in an arrogant way. I just know I have to put every ounce of energy into this to help all the patients, which also include my son.
Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works.
The commissioner was arrogant, he certainly made a mountain out of molehill. C'mon, we're gong to waste this much time on the deflation of footballs?
I did something that was very, very bad, i was arrogant, narcissistic, caught up in the culture of winning.
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- متكبرArabic
- надменен, арогантен, високомеренBulgarian
- arrogantCatalan, Valencian
- nafoukaný, domýšlivý, arogantníCzech
- hochmütig, arrogant, eingebildetGerman
- υπεροπτικόςGreek
- arogantaEsperanto
- altivo, altanero, soberbio, creído, presumido, arroganteSpanish
- خودکامه, متکبرPersian
- röyhkeä, kopea, ylimielinen, julkeaFinnish
- orgueilleux, arrogantFrench
- יהירHebrew
- अक्खड़, घमंडी, अभिमानी, दम्भीHindi
- arrogáns, önteltHungarian
- arroganteInterlingua
- sombongIndonesian
- arogantaIdo
- arroganteItalian
- 傲慢Japanese
- ქედმაღალი, მედიდური, ამპარტავანიGeorgian
- arrogantLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uzpūtīgs, augstprātīgs, iedomīgsLatvian
- arrogantDutch
- arrogantNorwegian
- aroganckiPolish
- arrogantePortuguese
- arogantRomanian
- чванли́вый, высокомерный, высокоме́рный, надме́нный, спеси́вый, гордели́вый, кичли́вый, тщесла́вный, зано́счивыйRussian
- अभिमानिन्Sanskrit
- arogàntanSerbo-Croatian
- arrogantAlbanian
- arrogantSwedish
- திமிர்பிடித்தTamil
- หยิ่งThai
- kibirliTurkish
- متکبرUrdu
- 傲慢Chinese
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