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.
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Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. --Shak.
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2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding
from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to
things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
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Syn: Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing;
presumptuous; haughty. See Magisterial.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
arrogant
adj : having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of
overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant
claims"; "chesty as a peacock" [syn: chesty, self-important]
WordNet (r) 2.0
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrogant":
absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, affected, arbitrary,
aristocratic, artificial, assuming, assured, audacious,
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, big, bloated, boastful,
bold, bossy, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cavalier,
challenging, cheeky, clannish, cliquish, cocksure, cocky, cold,
conceited, condescending, confident, contemptuous, contumelious,
convinced, cool, daring, decided, defiant, defying, derisive,
despotic, determined, dictatorial, disdainful, disregardful,
domineering, egotistical, exclusive, familiar, feudal, forward,
greatly daring, grinding, haughty, high and mighty,
high-and-mighty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-handed,
high-headed, high-nosed, highfalutin, hoity-toity, hubristic,
imperative, imperial, imperious, impertinent, important, impudent,
insolent, insulting, lofty, lordly, magisterial, magistral,
mannered, masterful, monocratic, obtrusive, oppressive,
overbearing, overconfident, overpresumptuous, overruling, oversure,
overweening, patronizing, peremptory, persuaded, pert, poised,
pompous, pontifical, positive, presuming, presumptuous, procacious,
proud, puffy, purse-proud, pushy, reassured,
regardless of consequences, repressive, saucy, scornful, secure,
self-assertive, self-assured, self-confident, self-important,
self-reliant, severe, showy, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby,
snooty, snotty, strict, stuck-up, stuffy, supercilious, superior,
suppressive, sure, swaggering, toploftical, toplofty, tyrannical,
tyrannous, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unhesitating,
unwavering, uppish, uppity, upstage, vain, withering
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
chesty, self-important
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