Arrogant definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others. ... He was so ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus Thesaurus AmericanThesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'arrogant'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× arrogant (ærəgənt ) adjective Someonewhoisarrogantbehavesinaproud,unpleasantwaytowardsotherpeoplebecausetheybelievethattheyaremoreimportantthanothers. [disapproval]Hewassoarrogant. Thatsoundsarrogant,doesn'tit? ...anairofarrogantindifference. Synonyms:conceited,lordly,assuming,proud MoreSynonymsofarrogant arrogance uncountablenounAttimesthearroganceofthoseinpowerisquiteblatant. Synonyms:conceit,pride,swagger,pretension MoreSynonymsofarrogant arrogantlygradedadverb[ADVERBwithverb,ADVERBadjective]Later,Simpsonarrogantlyclaimed:'Wewon'tloseanothergame.' COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof arrogant Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'arrogant' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'arrogant' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'geography' HindiTranslationof'arrogant' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency arrogantinBritishEnglish (ˈærəɡənt ) adjective havingorshowinganexaggeratedopinionofone'sownimportance,merit,ability,etc;conceited;overbearinglyproud anarrogantteacher anarrogantassumption CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsarrogance(ˈarrogance)noun arrogantly(ˈarrogantly)adverb WordoriginC14:fromLatinarrogāretoclaimasone'sown;seearrogate WordFrequency arrogantinAmericanEnglish (ˈærəgənt ;ˈɛrəgənt ) adjective fulloforduetounwarrantedprideandself-importance;overbearing;haughty SIMILARWORDS: proud Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsarrogantly(ˈarrogantly) adverb WordoriginME&OFr