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Arrogant

Arrogant Meaning & Definition
Arrogant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Arrogant?

[adj] having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Arrogant: chesty | proud | self-important

Related Terms | Find terms related to Arrogant: absolute | absolutist | absolutistic | affected | arbitrary | aristocratic | artificial | assuming | assured | audacious | authoritarian | authoritative | autocratic | big | bloated | boastful | bold | bossy | brash | brassy | brazen | bumptious | cavalier | challenging | cheeky | clannish | cliquish | cocksure | cocky | cold | conceited | condescending | confident | contemptuous | contumelious | convinced | cool | daring | decided | defiant | defying | derisive | despotic | determined | dictatorial | disdainful | disregardful | domineering | egotistical | exclusive | familiar | feudal | forward | greatly daring | grinding | haughty | high and mighty | high-and-mighty | highfalutin | high-faluting | high-flown | high-handed | high-headed | high-nosed | hoity-toity | hubristic | imperative | imperial | imperious | impertinent | important | impudent | insolent | insulting | lofty | lordly | magisterial | magistral | mannered | masterful | monocratic | obtrusive | oppressive | overbearing | overconfident | overpresumptuous | overruling | oversure | overweening | patronizing | peremptory | persuaded | pert | poised | pompous | pontifical | positive | presuming | presumptuous | procacious | proud | puffy | purse-proud | pushy | reassured | regardless of consequences | repressive | saucy | scornful | secure | self-assertive | self-assured | self-confident | self-important | self-reliant | severe | showy | sneering | sniffy | snobbish | snobby | snooty | snotty | strict | stuck-up | stuffy | supercilious | superior | suppressive | sure | swaggering | toploftical | toplofty | tyrannical | tyrannous | unafraid | undoubting | unfaltering | unhesitating | unwavering | uppish | uppity | upstage | vain | withering

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Arrogant In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"ro*gant\, a. [F. arrogant, L. arrogans, p. pr. of arrogare. See {Arrogate}.] 1. 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. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. --Shak. 2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior. Syn: Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See {Magisterial}.

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