Meanings
nounhubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)
plural hubrises · alternative hybris
- countableuncountableExcessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
Antitrust prosecutors target big companies that exude hubris.
1997, John M. Connor, “The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995”, in Review of Agricultural Economics, volume 19, number 2, page 4261 more example
One would have thought that even Trump, despite all his hubris and egotism, would know better than to jump feet first into America’s most sensitive issue: racial division.
2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekὕβρις“pride, insolence, outrage”
- Englishhubris
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “pride, insolence, outrage”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَطْرَسَة
- غَطْرَسَة (ḡaṭrasa)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Bulgarian високомерие, арогантност
- високомерие (visokomerie)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- арогантност (arogantnost)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Catalan arrogància
- arrogànciaexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Chinese Mandarin 傲慢, 狂妄
- 傲慢 (àomàn)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- 狂妄 (kuángwàng)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- 自恃 (zìshì)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Czech namyšlenost, arogance
- namyšlenostexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- aroganceexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Danish hybris, overmod
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- overmodexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Dutch hybris, hoogmoed
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- hoogmoedexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- kapsonesexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Esperanto orgojlo
- orgojloexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Finnish hybris, ylimielisyys
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- ylimielisyysexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- uhoexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
French hybris, hubris
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- hubrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
German Überheblichkeit, Hochmut
- Überheblichkeitexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- Hochmutexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- Hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- Dünkelexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- Selbstüberschätzungexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Hungarian gőg, hübrisz
- gőgexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- hübriszexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- önhittségexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Icelandic hroki, ofdramb
- hrokiexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- ofdrambexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Indonesian keangkuhan
- keangkuhanexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Italian insolenza, arroganza
- insolenzaexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- arroganzaexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- supponenzaexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Japanese 傲慢, 不遜
- 傲慢 (gōman)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- 不遜 (fuson)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Korean 거만
- 거만 (geoman)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Polish pycha
- pychaexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Portuguese húbris
- húbrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Romanian hybris
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Russian высокоме́рие
- высокоме́рие (vysokomérije)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Spanish soberbia, desmesura
- soberbiaexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- desmesuraexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- hibrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- hubrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Swedish hybris
- hybrisexcessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Ukrainian гібрис, зарозумілість
- гібрис (hibrys)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- зарозумілість (zarozumilistʹ)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- високомірність (vysokomirnistʹ)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- високомірря (vysokomirrja)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- гординя (hordynja)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- ароганція (arohancija)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- арогантність (arohantnistʹ)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- зверхність (zverxnistʹ)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
- гордість (hordistʹ)excessive arrogance, presumption, or pride
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
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“hubris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hubris. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hubris,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hubris.
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