arrogant

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

  1. Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
    • 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.


Usage notes

  • Said of people, statements, etc.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • arrogant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • arrogant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • arrogant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

  1. arrogant

Derived terms

Danish

Adjective

arrogant

  1. arrogant

Inflection

Inflection of arrogant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular arrogant — —2
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.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

  1. arrogant

Inflection

Inflection of arrogant
uninflected arrogant
inflected arrogante
comparative arroganter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial arrogantarroganterhet arrogantst
het arrogantste
indefinite m./f. sing. arrogantearroganterearrogantste
n. sing. arrogantarroganterarrogantste
plural arrogantearroganterearrogantste
definite arrogantearroganterearrogantste
partitive arrogantsarroganters—

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃/
  • audio(file)

Adjective

arrogant (feminine singular arrogante, masculine plural arrogants, feminine plural arrogantes)

  1. arrogant

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁoˈɡant/
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (not comparable)

  1. arrogant

Declension

Further reading

Latin

Verb

arrogant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

Luxembourgish

Adjective

arrogant (masculine arroganten, neuter arrogant, comparative méi arrogant, superlative am arrogantsten)

  1. arrogant

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

  1. 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
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.
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