arrogant

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæɹəɡənt/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

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

Usage notes
  • Said of people, statements, etc.

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Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

  1. arrogant

Derived terms

Danish

Adjective

arrogant

  1. arrogant

Inflection
Inflection of arrogant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular arrogant — —2
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.

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

  1. arrogant

Inflection
Inflection of arrogant
uninflected arrogant
inflected arrogante
comparative arroganter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial arrogantarroganterhet arrogantst
het arrogantste
indefinite m./f. sing. arrogantearroganterearrogantste
n. sing. arrogantarroganterarrogantste
plural arrogantearroganterearrogantste
definite arrogantearroganterearrogantste
partitive arrogantsarroganters—

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃/
  • audio(file)

Adjective

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

  1. arrogant

Further reading

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aʁoˈɡant/
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (not comparable)

  1. arrogant

Declension
Declension of arrogant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

arrogant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

Luxembourgish

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
without article nominative/accusative arroganten arrogant arrogant arrogant
dative arrogantem arroganter arrogantem arroganten
with article nominative/accusative arroganten arrogant arrogant arrogant
dative arroganten arroganter arroganten arroganten

Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

  1. arrogant

Declension
Inflection of arrogant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular arrogant mer arrogant mest arrogant
Neuter singular arrogant mer arrogant mest arrogant
Plural arroganta mer arroganta mest arroganta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 arrogante mer arrogante mest arrogante
All arroganta mer arroganta mest arroganta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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