Meanings
nounarrogance (usually uncountable, plural arrogances)
plural arrogances · alternative obsolete arrogaunce
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
Synonyms: bluster, cockiness, conceit, disdain, douchebaggery, egotism, grandiosity, haughtiness · Antonyms: servility
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounoverbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Broader
pridesuperbia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinarrogantia
- Middle Frencharrogance
- Middle Englisharrogaunce
- Englisharrogance
From Middle English arrogaunce, from Middle French arrogance, from Latin arrogantia.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek φρόνημα, ὑπερηφανία
- φρόνημα (phrónēma)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- ὑπερηφανία (huperēphanía)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- βρένθος (brénthos)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- ὑπεροψίᾱ (huperopsíā)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Arabic تَكَبُّر, غُرُور
- تَكَبُّر (takabbur)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- غُرُور (ḡurūr)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- غَطْرَسَة (ḡaṭrasa)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- عُنْجُهِيَّة (ʕunjuhiyya)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Bulgarian високомерие, надменност
- високомерие (visokomerie)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- надменност (nadmennost)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- арогантност (arogantnost)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Catalan arrogància
- arrogànciaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Chinese Mandarin 傲慢
- 傲慢 (àomàn)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Czech domýšlivost, arogance
- domýšlivostact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- aroganceact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Danish arrogance, hovmod
- arroganceact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- hovmodact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Dutch arrogantie, aanmatiging
- arrogantieact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- aanmatigingact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Finnish arroganssi, arroganttius
- arroganssiact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- arroganttiusact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- kopeusact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- koppavuusact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- pöyhkeysact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- röyhkeysact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- ylimielisyysact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
French arrogance
- arroganceact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
German Arroganz, Dünkel
- Arroganzact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- Dünkelact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- Hochmutact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- Überheblichkeitact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Greek αλαζονεία, υπεροψία
- αλαζονεία (alazoneía)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- υπεροψία (yperopsía)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Hebrew יְהִירוּת
- יְהִירוּת (y'hirút)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Hindi अभिमान, घमंड
- अभिमान (abhimān)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- घमंड (ghamaṇḍ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- हेकड़ी (hekṛī)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- अहंकार (ahaṅkār)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Hungarian arrogancia, gőg
- arroganciaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- gőgact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- fennhéjázásact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- önhittségact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- önteltségact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- önelégültségact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- pökhendiségact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- rátartiságact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- nagyképűségact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- felfuvalkodottságact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- fölényességact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Icelandic gikksháttur
- gikkshátturact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Irish borrachas, anuaill
- borrachasact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- anuaillact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Italian arroganza
- arroganzaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Japanese 高慢, 傲慢
- 高慢 (kōman)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- 傲慢 (gōman)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Korean 거만
- 거만 (geoman)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Latin superbia
- superbiaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Latvian augstprātība, augstprātīgums
- augstprātībaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- augstprātīgumsact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- uzpūtībaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- uzpūtīgumsact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Norwegian Bokmål arroganse
- arroganseact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Polish arogancja
- arogancjaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Portuguese arrogância, soberba
- arrogânciaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- soberbaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- altivezact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Romanian trufie, mândrie
- trufieact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- mândrieact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- aroganțăact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Russian зано́счивость, высокоме́рие
- зано́счивость (zanósčivostʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- высокоме́рие (vysokomérije)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- надме́нность (nadménnostʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- спесь (spesʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- горды́ня (gordýnja)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- кичли́вость (kičlívostʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- чванли́вость (čvanlívostʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Scottish Gaelic uaill, àrdan
- uaillact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- àrdanact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- ladarnasact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- dànadasact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- sodalact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Slovak domýšľavosť, arogancia
- domýšľavosťact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- aroganciaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Spanish arrogancia, soberbia
- arroganciaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- soberbiaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- altaneríaact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- altivezact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Swedish arrogans, högmod
- arrogansact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- högmodact or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Turkish kibir, tekebbür
- kibiract or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- tekebbüract or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Ukrainian зарозумі́лість, гордови́тість
- зарозумі́лість (zarozumílistʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- гордови́тість (hordovýtistʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- пиха́тість (pyxátistʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- чванькува́тість (čvanʹkuvátistʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- чванькови́тість (čvanʹkovýtistʹ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
Urdu اَبِھمان, گَھمَنْڈ
- اَبِھمان (abhimān)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- گَھمَنْڈ (ghamanḍ)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- تَکَبُّر (takabbur)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- غُرُور (ġurūr)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
- نَخوَت (naxwat)act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
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