About The Word Arrogance

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Arrogance

Arrogance Meaning & Definition
Arrogance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Arrogance?

[n] overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Synonyms | Synonyms for Arrogance: haughtiness | highhandedness | lordliness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Arrogance: airs | assurance | assuredness | audacity | belief | bluster | boastfulness | bold front | boldness | brash bearing | brashness | brassiness | bravado | brazenness | bumptiousness | certitude | cheekiness | clannishness | cliquishness | cockiness | cocksureness | conceit | confidence | confidentness | contempt | contemptuousness | contumely | conviction | courage | daring | daringness | defial | defiance | defying | derision | despite | disdain | disdainfulness | disparagement | disregard | effrontery | egotism | exclusiveness | face | faith | gall | hardihood | haughtiness | hauteur | hubris | impertinence | impudence | independence | insolence | insult | loftiness | morgue | nerve | obtrusiveness | overconfidence | oversureness | overweening | overweeningness | pardonable pride | pertness | poise | pomposity | pompousness | positiveness | presumption | presumptuousness | pretension | pretentiousness | pride | pridefulness | procacity | proudness | purse-pride | pushiness | ridicule | sauciness | scorn | scornfulness | security | self-assertion | self-assurance | self-confidence | self-consequence | self-esteem | self-importance | self-reliance | self-respect | self-sufficiency | settled belief | side | sniffiness | snobbery | snobbishness | snootiness | snottiness | sovereign contempt | stiff-necked pride | stiff-neckedness | subjective certainty | superciliousness | sureness | surety | toploftiness | trust | uppishness | uppityness | vanity

See Also | condescension | disdainfulness | domineeringness | hubris | imperiousness | overbearingness | pride | snobbery | snobbishness | superciliousness | superiority

Arrogance In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See {Arrogant}.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption. I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak. Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}.

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