arrogant

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Australia, UK/ˈæɹəɡənt/British, Northern England, Southern, Standard/ˈaɹəɡənt/Canada, US/ˈɛɹəɡənt/Scotland, Wales/ˈaɾəɡənt/

adjective

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

“sound arrogant”

Similar
authoritariancockyconceitedcondescendingdisdainfulegotisticalhigh-handednarcissistic
Opposite
servilehumblemodestsycophantic
OriginMiddle English arrogaunt ← Old French arrogant ← Latin arrogāns →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

adjectivearrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

comparative more arrogant · superlative most arrogant · alternative obsolete arrogaunt

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

    sound arrogant

    5 more examples

    an arrogant assumption

    seem arrogant to others

    He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.

    Her arrogant attitude alienated the team.

    The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

    1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wanting to be Loved

    Synonyms: authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egotistical, high-handed, narcissistic · Antonyms: servile, humble, modest

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Similar
authoritariancockyconceitedcondescendingdisdainfulegotisticalhigh-handednarcissisticoverbearingpresumptuoussuperciliousstuck upproudvainairychestyauthoritarianbiggitybig-headed
Opposite
servilehumblemodest
Opposite
sycophantic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

Similar
chestyself-importantproud
Also see
authoritarianbiggitybombasticbuggishchestycockyglorioushanktyhaughtyhigh-handedhigh-hatholier-than-thouhubristicinsolentlah-di-dahorgulousoverconfidentoverweeningpiouspompousportentouspresumptuouspridefulproudsanctimoniousself-importantsmugsnootystoutsuperciliousuppityupstagevain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinarrogāns
  2. Old Frencharrogant
  3. Middle Englisharrogaunt
  4. Englisharrogant

From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ὑπερήφανος, γαῦρος
  • ὑπερήφανος (huperḗphanos)having excessive pride
  • γαῦρος (gaûros)having excessive pride
Arabic مُتَكَبِّر, مَغْرُور
  • مُتَكَبِّر (mutakabbir)having excessive pride
  • مَغْرُور (maḡrūr)having excessive pride
Basque harro
  • harrohaving excessive pride
Bulgarian арога́нтен, надме́нен
  • арога́нтен (arogánten)having excessive pride
  • надме́нен (nadménen)having excessive pride
  • високоме́рен (visokoméren)having excessive pride
Catalan arrogant
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
Chinese Mandarin 傲慢, 高傲
  • 傲慢 (àomàn)having excessive pride
  • 高傲 (gāo'ào)having excessive pride
  • 驕傲 /骄傲 (jiāo'ào)having excessive pride
Czech arogantní, domýšlivý
  • arogantníhaving excessive pride
  • domýšlivýhaving excessive pride
  • nafoukanýhaving excessive pride
Danish arrogant, højrøvet
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
  • højrøvethaving excessive pride
Dutch arrogant
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
Esperanto aroganta
  • arogantahaving excessive pride
Finnish ylimielinen, röyhkeä
  • ylimielinenhaving excessive pride
  • röyhkeähaving excessive pride
  • kopeahaving excessive pride
  • julkeahaving excessive pride
French arrogant, orgueilleux
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
  • orgueilleuxhaving excessive pride
German arrogant, hochmütig
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
  • hochmütighaving excessive pride
  • eingebildethaving excessive pride
Greek υπεροπτικός, αλαζονικός
  • υπεροπτικός (yperoptikós)having excessive pride
  • αλαζονικός (alazonikós)having excessive pride
Hebrew יָהִיר, מִתְנַשֵּׁא
  • יָהִיר (yahir)having excessive pride
  • מִתְנַשֵּׁא (mitnassé)having excessive pride
Hindi अभिमानी, घमंडी
  • अभिमानी (abhimānī)having excessive pride
  • घमंडी (ghamaṇḍī)having excessive pride
  • दम्भी (dambhī)having excessive pride
  • अक्खड़ (akkhaṛ)having excessive pride
  • अहंकारी (ahaṅkārī)having excessive pride
Hungarian arrogáns, öntelt
  • arrogánshaving excessive pride
  • öntelthaving excessive pride
  • pökhendihaving excessive pride
  • önhitthaving excessive pride
  • önelégülthaving excessive pride
  • fennhéjázóhaving excessive pride
  • gőgöshaving excessive pride
  • rátartihaving excessive pride
  • felfuvalkodotthaving excessive pride
  • fölényeshaving excessive pride
  • nagyképűhaving excessive pride
Icelandic hrokafullur
  • hrokafullurhaving excessive pride
Indonesian sombong
  • sombonghaving excessive pride
Irish ainteann, anuaibhreach
  • ainteannhaving excessive pride
  • anuaibhreachhaving excessive pride
  • anuallachhaving excessive pride
  • béalteannhaving excessive pride
  • borrachhaving excessive pride
  • díomasachhaving excessive pride
  • dí-umhalhaving excessive pride
  • foruallachhaving excessive pride
  • iarlaitheachhaving excessive pride
  • iomarcachhaving excessive pride
  • mustrachhaving excessive pride
  • sotalachhaving excessive pride
Italian arrogante
  • arrogantehaving excessive pride
Japanese 傲慢な
  • 傲慢な (gōman na)having excessive pride
Korean 오만하다, 거만하다
  • 오만하다 (omanhada)having excessive pride
  • 거만하다 (geomanhada)having excessive pride
Latin arrogans, superbus
  • arroganshaving excessive pride
  • superbushaving excessive pride
Latvian augstprātīgs, iedomīgs
  • augstprātīgshaving excessive pride
  • iedomīgshaving excessive pride
  • uzpūtīgshaving excessive pride
Māori whakahīhī, whakatuanui
  • whakahīhīhaving excessive pride
  • whakatuanuihaving excessive pride
  • whakatarapīhaving excessive pride
Norwegian arrogant
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
Persian خودبین, برمنش
  • خودبین (xodbin)having excessive pride
  • برمنش (barmaneš)having excessive pride
  • مغرور (maġrur)having excessive pride
Polish arogancki
  • aroganckihaving excessive pride
Portuguese arrogante
  • arrogantehaving excessive pride
Romanian arogant
  • aroganthaving excessive pride
Russian надме́нный, высокоме́рный
  • надме́нный (nadménnyj)having excessive pride
  • высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj)having excessive pride
  • тщесла́вный (tščeslávnyj)having excessive pride
  • кичли́вый (kičlívyj)having excessive pride
  • гордели́вый (gordelívyj)having excessive pride
  • спеси́вый (spesívyj)having excessive pride
  • чванли́вый (čvanlívyj)having excessive pride
  • зано́счивый (zanósčivyj)having excessive pride
Scottish Gaelic uaibhreach, uailleach
  • uaibhreachhaving excessive pride
  • uailleachhaving excessive pride
Slovak arogantný
  • arogantnýhaving excessive pride
Spanish arrogante, soberbio
  • arrogantehaving excessive pride
  • soberbiohaving excessive pride
  • altivohaving excessive pride
  • altanerohaving excessive pride
  • creídohaving excessive pride
  • presumidohaving excessive pride
  • comparónhaving excessive pride
  • comemierdahaving excessive pride
  • plantillerohaving excessive pride
Swedish arrogant
  • arroganthaving excessive pride
Tamil திமிர், இறுமாப்பு
  • திமிர் (timir)having excessive pride
  • இறுமாப்பு (iṟumāppu)having excessive pride
  • அகங்காரம் (akaṅkāram)having excessive pride
  • ஆணவம் (āṇavam)having excessive pride
  • அகந்தை (akantai)having excessive pride
  • கர்வம் (karvam)having excessive pride
  • செருக்கு (cerukku)having excessive pride
  • மமதை (mamatai)having excessive pride
  • கொழுப்பு (koḻuppu)having excessive pride
  • தற்பெருமை (taṟperumai)having excessive pride
Thai หยิ่ง, เย่อหยิ่ง
  • หยิ่ง (yìng)having excessive pride
  • เย่อหยิ่งhaving excessive pride
Turkish kibirli, tekebbürlü
  • kibirlihaving excessive pride
  • tekebbürlühaving excessive pride
Ukrainian пиха́тий, зарозумі́лий
  • пиха́тий (pyxátyj)having excessive pride
  • зарозумі́лий (zarozumílyj)having excessive pride
  • гордови́тий (hordovýtyj)having excessive pride
  • пихли́вий (pyxlývyj)having excessive pride
  • гонори́стий (honorýstyj)having excessive pride
  • бундю́чний (bundjúčnyj)having excessive pride
  • гоноро́витий (honoróvytyj)having excessive pride
Vietnamese kiêu, kiêu ngạo
  • kiêuhaving excessive pride
  • kiêu ngạohaving excessive pride
  • kiêu cănghaving excessive pride
  • ngạo mạnhaving excessive pride
  • kênh kiệuhaving excessive pride
  • ngạo nghễhaving excessive pride
Welsh trahaus
  • trahaushaving excessive pride

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tarragonTongarra
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“arrogant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrogant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrogant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrogant.

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