arrogant

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/

• Audio (US)

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AdjectiveEdit

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 notesEdit

• Said of people, statements, etc.

SynonymsEdit

• authoritarian
• conceited
• condescending

• disdainful
• haughty
• high-handed

• narcissistic
• overbearing
• presumptuous

• supercilious
• proud
• vain

• See also Wikisaurus:arrogant

AntonymsEdit

• servile
• humble
• modest

Derived termsEdit

• arrogantly

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogancy

• arrogantness
• arrogate

• arrogation

TranslationsEdit

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
• 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)
• 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
• Latin: arrogans m, f, n

• Latvian: augstprātīgs, iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
• Luxembourgish: arrogant
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)

• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kibirli (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: kiêu (vi), kiêu ngạo (vi), kiêu căng (vi), ngạo mạn (vi), kênh kiệu (vi), ngạo nghễ (vi)
• Welsh: trahaus (cy)

Further readingEdit

• 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

AnagramsEdit

• tarragon

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ant

AdjectiveEdit

arrogant (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived termsEdit

• arrogantment

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DanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

arrogant

1. arrogant

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

• arrogance

ReferencesEdit

• “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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AdjectiveEdit

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

1. arrogant

InflectionEdit

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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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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AdjectiveEdit

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

1. arrogant

Further readingEdit

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

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /aʁoˈɡant/

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ant

AdjectiveEdit

arrogant (not comparable)

1. arrogant

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• Arroganz

Further readingEdit

• arrogant in Duden online

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

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LuxembourgishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. arrogant

DeclensionEdit

declension of arrogant

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
accusative	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
nominative	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
dative	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganten

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SwedishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

arrogant

1. arrogant

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of arrogant
Indefinite/attributive	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 an attributive role.