arrogant

English

Alternative forms

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəɡənt/

• Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

  (file)

Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

1. Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

   Synonyms: authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egotistical, high-handed, narcissistic, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious, stuck up, proud, vain

   Antonyms: servile, humble, modest

   • 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wanting to be Loved:

     The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

   • 1987, Sam Donaldson, Hold On, Mr President!:

     Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you’ll call me.

   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:

     Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.

Usage notes

• Said of people, statements, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• agnorant
• arrogantly
• superarrogant
• unarrogant

 

Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogancy
• arrogantness
• arrogate
• arrogation

 

Translations

having excessive pride

• Albanian: arrogant (sq)
• Arabic: مُتَكَبِّر (mutakabbir), مَغْرُور (maḡrūr)
• Armenian: գոռոզ (hy) (goṙoz), ամբարտավան (hy) (ambartavan), մեծամիտ (hy) (mecamit)
• Azerbaijani: ötkəm, təkəbbürlü (az), dikbaş (az), məğrur (az), yekəxana
• Basque: harro
• Belarusian: ганары́сты (hanarýsty), напы́шлівы (napýšlivy), фанабэры́сты (fanaberýsty), пыхлі́вы (pyxlívy), ганарлі́вы (hanarlívy), пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy), самаўпэ́ўнены (samaŭpéŭnjeny)
• Bulgarian: арога́нтен (bg) (arogánten), надме́нен (bg) (nadménen), високоме́рен (bg) (visokoméren)
• Catalan: arrogant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn), 高傲 (zh) (gāo'ào), 驕傲 / 骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào)

• Cimbrian: buulo
• Czech: arogantní (cs), domýšlivý (cs), nafoukaný (cs)
• Danish: arrogant, højrøvet
• Dutch: arrogant (nl)
• Egyptian: (qꜣ sꜣ)
• Esperanto: aroganta
• Finnish: ylimielinen (fi), röyhkeä (fi), kopea (fi), julkea (fi)
• French: arrogant (fr), orgueilleux (fr)
• Galician: arrogante (gl)
• Georgian: ამპარტავანი (amṗarṭavani), ქედმაღალი (kedmaɣali), მედიდური (mediduri)
• German: arrogant (de), hochmütig (de), eingebildet (de)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mikilþūhts)
• Greek: υπεροπτικός (el) (yperoptikós)

  Ancient: ὑπερήφανος (huperḗphanos), γαῦρος (gaûros)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: יָהִיר (he) (yahir)
• Hindi: अभिमानी (hi) (abhimānī), घमंडी (hi) (ghamaṇḍī), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), अक्खड़ (hi) (akkhaṛ)
• Hungarian: arrogáns (hu), öntelt (hu), pökhendi (hu), önhitt (hu), önelégült (hu), fennhéjázó (hu), gőgös (hu), rátarti (hu), felfuvalkodott (hu), fölényes (hu), nagyképű (hu)
• Icelandic: hrokafullur
• Ido: aroganta (io)
• Indonesian: sombong (id)
• Interlingua: arrogante
• Irish: ainteann, anuaibhreach, anuallach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, sotalach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach
• Italian: arrogante (it)
• Japanese: 傲慢な (ja) (gōman na)
• Kazakh: тәкаппар (täkappar), менмен (menmen)
• Khmer: កំអួក (km) (kɑmʼuək), ក្រអឺត (km) (krɑʼəɨt)
• Korean: 오만하다 (ko) (omanhada), 거만하다 (ko) (geomanhada)
• Kyrgyz: текебер (ky) (tekeber)
• Latin: arrogans, superbus (la)
• Latvian: augstprātīgs, iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
• Luxembourgish: arrogant
• Macedonian: на́дмен (nádmen), воо́бразен (voóbrazen), го́рделив (górdeliv), арога́нтен (arogánten), на́перчен (náperčen), др́зок (dŕzok)
• Maltese: mkabbar
• Maori: whakahīhī, whakatuanui, whakatarapī
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: rupé
• Norwegian: arrogant (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: تكبرلو (tekebbürlü), بورونلو (burunlu)
• Persian: خودبین (fa) (xodbin), برمنش (barmaneš), مغرور (fa) (mağrur)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: waawaha
• Plautdietsch: huachnäsich
• Polish: arogancki (pl)
• Portuguese: arrogante (pt)
• Romanian: arogant (ro)
• Russian: надме́нный (ru) (nadménnyj), высокоме́рный (ru) (vysokomérnyj), тщесла́вный (ru) (tščeslávnyj), кичли́вый (ru) (kičlívyj), гордели́вый (ru) (gordelívyj), спеси́вый (ru) (spesívyj), чванли́вый (ru) (čvanlívyj), зано́счивый (ru) (zanósčivyj)
• Sanskrit: अभिमानिन् (sa) (abhimānin)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaibhreach, uailleach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арога̀нтан

  Roman: arogàntan (sh)

• Slovak: arogantný (sk)
• Slovene: aroganten (sl)
• Spanish: arrogante (es), soberbio (es), altivo (es), altanero (es), creído (es), presumido (es), comparón (Dominican Republic), comemierda (es) (Latin America)
• Sundanese: bedegong (su)
• Swedish: arrogant (sv)
• Tajik: мағрур (tg) (maġrur), мутакаббир (tg) (mutakabbir)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: หยิ่ง (th) (yìng)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: śarware
• Turkish: kibirli (tr), tekebbürlü
• Ukrainian: пиха́тий (pyxátyj), зарозумі́лий (zarozumílyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), пихли́вий (pyxlývyj), гонори́стий (honorýstyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), бундю́чний (uk) (bundjúčnyj), гоноро́витий (honoróvytyj)
• Uyghur: تەكەببۇر (tekebbur), ھاكاۋۇر (hakawur)
• Uzbek: takabbur (uz), magʻrur (uz), manman (uz), mutakabbir (uz)
• Vietnamese: kiêu (vi), kiêu ngạo (vi), kiêu căng (vi), ngạo mạn (vi), kênh kiệu (vi), ngạo nghễ (vi)
• Welsh: trahaus (cy)

Further reading

• “arrogant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arrogant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• tarragon

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ruˈɣan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.roˈɣant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.roˈɣant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantment

Related terms

• arrogància

Further reading

• “arrogant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arrogant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “arrogant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arrogant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Inflection

Inflection of arrogant

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	arrogant	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	arrogant	—	—2
plural	arrogante	—	—2
definite attributive1	arrogante	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

• arrogance

References

• “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

1. arrogant

Declension

Declension of arrogant
uninflected	arrogant
inflected	arrogante
comparative	arroganter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		arrogant	arroganter	het arrogantst het arrogantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	arrogante	arrogantere	arrogantste
	n. sing.	arrogant	arroganter	arrogantste
	plural	arrogante	arrogantere	arrogantste
definite		arrogante	arrogantere	arrogantste
partitive		arrogants	arroganters	—

Related terms

• arrogantie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: arogan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃/
• Homophone: arrogants

• Audio:

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Adjective

arrogant (feminine arrogante, masculine plural arrogants, feminine plural arrogantes)

1. arrogant

Further reading

• “arrogant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁoˈɡant/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (strong nominative masculine singular arroganter, comparative arroganter, superlative am arrogantesten)

1. arrogant

Declension

Positive forms of arrogant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist arrogant	sie ist arrogant	es ist arrogant	sie sind arrogant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	arroganter	arrogante	arrogantes	arrogante
	genitive	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganter
	dative	arrogantem	arroganter	arrogantem	arroganten
	accusative	arroganten	arrogante	arrogantes	arrogante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der arrogante	die arrogante	das arrogante	die arroganten
	genitive	des arroganten	der arroganten	des arroganten	der arroganten
	dative	dem arroganten	der arroganten	dem arroganten	den arroganten
	accusative	den arroganten	die arrogante	das arrogante	die arroganten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein arroganter	eine arrogante	ein arrogantes	(keine) arroganten
	genitive	eines arroganten	einer arroganten	eines arroganten	(keiner) arroganten
	dative	einem arroganten	einer arroganten	einem arroganten	(keinen) arroganten
	accusative	einen arroganten	eine arrogante	ein arrogantes	(keine) arroganten

Comparative forms of arrogant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist arroganter	sie ist arroganter	es ist arroganter	sie sind arroganter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	arroganterer	arrogantere	arroganteres	arrogantere
	genitive	arroganteren	arroganterer	arroganteren	arroganterer
	dative	arroganterem	arroganterer	arroganterem	arroganteren
	accusative	arroganteren	arrogantere	arroganteres	arrogantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der arrogantere	die arrogantere	das arrogantere	die arroganteren
	genitive	des arroganteren	der arroganteren	des arroganteren	der arroganteren
	dative	dem arroganteren	der arroganteren	dem arroganteren	den arroganteren
	accusative	den arroganteren	die arrogantere	das arrogantere	die arroganteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein arroganterer	eine arrogantere	ein arroganteres	(keine) arroganteren
	genitive	eines arroganteren	einer arroganteren	eines arroganteren	(keiner) arroganteren
	dative	einem arroganteren	einer arroganteren	einem arroganteren	(keinen) arroganteren
	accusative	einen arroganteren	eine arrogantere	ein arroganteres	(keine) arroganteren

Superlative forms of arrogant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am arrogantesten	sie ist am arrogantesten	es ist am arrogantesten	sie sind am arrogantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	arrogantester	arroganteste	arrogantestes	arroganteste
	genitive	arrogantesten	arrogantester	arrogantesten	arrogantester
	dative	arrogantestem	arrogantester	arrogantestem	arrogantesten
	accusative	arrogantesten	arroganteste	arrogantestes	arroganteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der arroganteste	die arroganteste	das arroganteste	die arrogantesten
	genitive	des arrogantesten	der arrogantesten	des arrogantesten	der arrogantesten
	dative	dem arrogantesten	der arrogantesten	dem arrogantesten	den arrogantesten
	accusative	den arrogantesten	die arroganteste	das arroganteste	die arrogantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein arrogantester	eine arroganteste	ein arrogantestes	(keine) arrogantesten
	genitive	eines arrogantesten	einer arrogantesten	eines arrogantesten	(keiner) arrogantesten
	dative	einem arrogantesten	einer arrogantesten	einem arrogantesten	(keinen) arrogantesten
	accusative	einen arrogantesten	eine arroganteste	ein arrogantestes	(keine) arrogantesten

Derived terms

• Arroganz

Related terms

• vigilant

Further reading

• “arrogant” in Duden online
• “arrogant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

arrogant (masculine arroganten, neuter arrogant, comparative méi arrogant, superlative am arrogantsten)

1. arrogant

Declension

declension of arrogant

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass arrogant	si ass arrogant	et ass arrogant	si si(nn) arrogant
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	arroganten	arrogant	arrogant	arrogant
	independent without determiner			arrogantes	arroganter
dative	after any declined word	arroganten	arroganter	arroganten	arroganten
	as first declined word	arrogantem		arrogantem

Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Declension

Inflection of arrogant

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	arrogant	mer arrogant	mest arrogant
neuter singular	arrogant	mer arrogant	mest arrogant
plural	arroganta	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
masculine plural2	arrogante	mer arroganta	mest arroganta
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	arrogante	mer arrogante	mest arrogante
all	arroganta	mer arroganta	mest arroganta

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• arrogans

See also

• högfärdig

References

• arrogant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)