arrogant

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English

Alternative forms

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/

• Audio (US)

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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

• authoritarian
• conceited
• condescending

• disdainful
• haughty
• high-handed

• narcissistic
• overbearing
• presumptuous

• supercilious
• proud
• vain

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Antonyms

• servile
• humble
• modest

Derived terms

• arrogantly

Related terms

Terms related to arrogant

• arrogance
• arrogancy

• arrogantness
• arrogate

• arrogation

Translations

having excessive pride

• Albanian: arrogant (sq)
• Arabic: مُتَكَبِّر‎‎ (mutakabbir)
• Armenian: գոռոզ (hy) (goṙoz), ամբարտավան (hy) (ambartavan), մեծամիտ (hy) (mecamit)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ганары́сты (hanarýsty), напы́шлівы (napýšlivy), фанабэры́сты (fanaberýsty), пыхлі́вы (pyxlívy), ганарлі́вы (hanarlívy), пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy), самаўпэ́ўнены (samaŭpéŭnjeny)
• Bulgarian: арогантен (bg) (aroganten), надменен (bg) (nadmenen), високомерен (bg) (visokomeren)
• Catalan: arrogant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn), 高傲 (zh) (gāo'ào), 驕傲 (zh), 骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào)

• Czech: arogantní (cs), domýšlivý (cs), nafoukaný
• Danish: arrogant, højrøvet
• Dutch: arrogant (nl)
• Esperanto: aroganta
• Finnish: röyhkeä (fi), ylimielinen (fi), kopea (fi), julkea (fi)
• French: arrogant (fr), orgueilleux (fr)
• Georgian: ამპარტავანი (amṗarṭavani), ქედმაღალი (kedmaɣali), მედიდური (mediduri)
• German: arrogant (de), hochmütig (de), eingebildet (de)
• Greek: υπεροπτικός (el) (yperoptikós)

  Ancient Greek: ὑπερήφανος (huperḗphanos)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: יהיר‎‎ (he) (yahyr)
• Hindi: अभिमानी (hi) (abhimānī), घमंडी (hi) (ghamaṇḍī), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), अक्खड़ (hi) (akkhaṛ)
• Hungarian: arrogáns (hu), öntelt (hu), pökhendi (hu)
• Icelandic: hrokafullur
• Ido: aroganta (io)
• Interlingua: arrogante
• Irish: ainteann, anuaibhreach, anuallach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, sotalach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach
• Italian: arrogante (it)
• Japanese: 傲慢な (ja) (gōman na)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 오만하다 (ko) (omanhada), 거만하다 (ko) (geomanhada)

• Latin: arrogans m, f, n
• Latvian: augstprātīgs, iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
• Luxembourgish: arrogant
• Macedonian: арогантен (aroganten), вообразен (voobrazen)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakahīhī, whakatuanui, whakatarapī
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: rupé
• Norwegian: arrogant (no)
• Persian: خودبین‎‎ (fa) (xodbin), برمنش‎‎ (barmaneš)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: waawaha
• Polish: arogancki (pl)
• Portuguese: arrogante (pt)
• Romanian: arogant (ro)
• Russian: надме́нный (ru) (nadménnyj), высокоме́рный (ru) (vysokomérnyj), тщесла́вный (ru) (tščeslávnyj), кичли́вый (ru) (kičlívyj), гордели́вый (ru) (gordelívyj), спеси́вый (ru) (spesívyj), чванли́вый (ru) (čvanlívyj), зано́счивый (ru) (zanósčivyj)
• Sanskrit: अभिमानिन् (sa) (abhimānin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арога̀нтан

  Roman: arogàntan (sh)

• Slovak: arogantný (sk)
• Slovene: aroganten (sl)
• Spanish: arrogante (es), soberbio (es), altivo (es), altanero (es), creído (es), presumido (es)
• Sundanese: bedegong
• Swedish: arrogant (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: หยิ่ง (th) (yìng)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kibirli (tr)
• Ukrainian: зарозумі́лий (zarozumílyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), пихли́вий (pyxlývyj), гонори́стий (honorýstyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), бундю́чний (uk) (bundjúčnyj), гоноро́витий (honoróvytyj)
• Vietnamese: kiêu (vi), kiêu ngạo (vi), kiêu căng (vi), ngạo mạn (vi), kênh kiệu (vi), ngạo nghễ (vi)
• Welsh: trahaus (cy)

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

• tarragon

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantment

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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.

Related terms

• arrogance

References

• “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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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		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	—

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃/

• audio

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Adjective

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

1. arrogant

Further reading

• “arrogant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁoˈɡant/

• Audio (Austria)

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• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (not comparable)

1. arrogant

Declension

Declension of arrogant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist arrogant	sie ist arrogant	es ist arrogant	sie sind arrogant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	arroganter	arrogante	arrogantes	arrogante
	genitive	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganter
	dative	arrogantem	arroganter	arrogantem	arroganten
	accusative	arroganten	arrogante	arrogantes	arrogante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der arrogante	die arrogante	das arrogante	die arroganten
	genitive	des arroganten	der arroganten	des arroganten	der arroganten
	dative	dem arroganten	der arroganten	dem arroganten	den arroganten
	accusative	den arroganten	die arrogante	das arrogante	die arroganten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein arroganter	eine arrogante	ein arrogantes	(keine) arroganten
	genitive	eines arroganten	einer arroganten	eines arroganten	(keiner) arroganten
	dative	einem arroganten	einer arroganten	einem arroganten	(keinen) arroganten
	accusative	einen arroganten	eine arrogante	ein arrogantes	(keine) arroganten

Related terms

• Arroganz

Further reading

• arrogant in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

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

1. arrogant

Declension

declension of arrogant

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass arrogant	si ass arrogant	et ass arrogant	si si(nn) arrogant
without article	nominative/accusative	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
	dative	arrogantem	arroganter	arrogantem	arroganten
with article	nominative/accusative	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
	dative	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganten

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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.