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ar⋅ro⋅gant

  [ar-uh-guhnt]
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–adjective
1. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
2. characterized by or proceeding from arrogance: arrogant claims.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L arrogant- (s. of arrogāns) presuming, prp. of arrogāre. See arrogate, -ant

Related forms:
ar⋅ro⋅gant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. presumptuous, haughty, imperious, brazen. See proud.

Antonyms:
1. meek. 2. modest, humble.
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ar·ro·gant   (ār'ə-gənt)   
adj.  
  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others: an arrogant contempt for the weak. See Synonyms at proud.

[Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French, from Latin arrogāns, arrogant-, present participle of arrogāre, to arrogate; see arrogate.]
ar'ro·gant·ly adv.
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Arrogant

Ar"ro*gant\, a. [F. arrogant, L. arrogans, p. pr. of arrogare. See Arrogate.]

1. 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.

Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. --Shak.

2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.

Syn: Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See Magisterial.
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Language Translation for : Arrogant
Spanish: arrogante,
German: arrogant,
Japanese: 傲慢な
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