Arrogant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈærəɡənt|  American pronunciation of the word arrogant
Brit.  |ˈærəɡ(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word arrogant

adjective

- having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride (syn: chesty, self-important)
an arrogant official
arrogant claims

Extra examples

She's first in her class, but she's not arrogant about it.

...the arrogant young lawyer elbowed his way to the head of the line of customers, declaring that he was too busy to wait like everybody else...

He was unbearably arrogant.

...during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant...

...took the arrogant student down a peg...

...an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters...

To anyone ignorant of the underlying physics, it might seem the most arrogant and pretentious necromancy.

...unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people...

She sometimes comes across as being rather arrogant.

I found him very arrogant and opinionated.

Evans is an arrogant bully who needs taking down a peg or two.

He is still addressing rallies in his usual tub-thumping, arrogant way.

...arrogant critics who contemn the general public's taste in art...

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