What does arrogant mean?
Definitions for arrogant
ˈær ə gəntar·ro·gant
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Princeton's WordNet
arrogant, chesty, self-importantadjective
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
"an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"
Wiktionary
arrogantadjective
Given to arrogating; having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.
Etymology: From arrogant, from arrogans, present active participle of arrogo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Arrogantadjective
Given to make exorbitant claims; haughty; proud.
Etymology: arrogans, Lat.
Feagh’s right unto that country which he claims, or the signiory therein, must be vain and arrogant. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
An arrogant way of treating with other princes and states, is natural to popular governments. William Temple.
ChatGPT
arrogant
Arrogant refers to the behavior or attitude of an individual who has an exaggerated sense of their own importance, abilities, or worth, often showing a lack of consideration or respect for others. It is characterized by having a superior or haughty manner, believing oneself to be superior to others without a justified or valid reason.
Webster Dictionary
Arrogantadjective
making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons
Arrogantadjective
containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of arrogant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of arrogant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of arrogant in a Sentence
For us to jump in and say that we can do this better, that's arrogant.
That arrogant refusal to account to parliament and the public is simply unacceptable, it is high time that the National Audit Office (the public spending watchdog) and the Public Accounts Committee conducted full investigations into the costs and management of the Successor program, and forced the Ministry of Defense to start answering the legitimate questions they are being asked.
If gratitude doesn't take you to the divine, difficult times out of arrogant attitude will. An attitude of gratitude brings prosperity and divine solidarity. Start counting your blessings and you will never have to count your curses. Let your blessings be eternalized, align with the divine and get MickeyMized.
It would be arrogant to say that there was no intelligence failure here. There is certainly a mistake, a failure here, but its dimension will be revealed through investigations.
Don't take the person calling to schedule your interview for granted, don't be arrogant and be flexible and careful with everyone you are talking to.
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- متكبرArabic
- надменен, арогантен, високомеренBulgarian
- arrogantCatalan, Valencian
- nafoukaný, domýšlivý, arogantníCzech
- hochmütig, arrogant, eingebildetGerman
- υπεροπτικόςGreek
- arogantaEsperanto
- altivo, altanero, soberbio, creído, presumido, arroganteSpanish
- خودکامه, متکبرPersian
- röyhkeä, kopea, ylimielinen, julkeaFinnish
- orgueilleux, arrogantFrench
- יהירHebrew
- अक्खड़, घमंडी, अभिमानी, दम्भीHindi
- arrogáns, önteltHungarian
- arroganteInterlingua
- sombongIndonesian
- arogantaIdo
- arroganteItalian
- 傲慢Japanese
- ქედმაღალი, მედიდური, ამპარტავანიGeorgian
- arrogantLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uzpūtīgs, augstprātīgs, iedomīgsLatvian
- arrogantDutch
- arrogantNorwegian
- aroganckiPolish
- arrogantePortuguese
- arogantRomanian
- чванли́вый, высокомерный, высокоме́рный, надме́нный, спеси́вый, гордели́вый, кичли́вый, тщесла́вный, зано́счивыйRussian
- अभिमानिन्Sanskrit
- arogàntanSerbo-Croatian
- arrogantAlbanian
- arrogantSwedish
- திமிர்பிடித்தTamil
- หยิ่งThai
- kibirliTurkish
- متکبرUrdu
- 傲慢Chinese
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