The meaning of Arrogant

adjective

(of a storm, wind, or rain) blowing or beating fiercely and noisily.

Usage examples:

A strong, blustering gale

verb

Talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect.

Usage examples:

You threaten and bluster, but won't carry it through

adjective

Showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Usage examples:

He always seemed to be rather boastful and above himself

adjective

Having a tendency to praise yourself and what you have done

adjective

Irritatingly self-assertive.

Usage examples:

An impossibly bumptious and opinionated ass

adjective

Unpleasantly confident

Usage examples:

A bumptious young man

adjective

Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

Usage examples:

Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him

adjective

Too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities

Usage examples:

Without wishing to sound conceited, i am the best salesperson in the company.

adjective

Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.

Usage examples:

She thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending

verb

Show that one feels superior; be patronizing.

Usage examples:

Take care not to condescend to your reader

adjective

Showing that you consider yourself better or more intelligent

Usage examples:

His condescending attitude offended his teammates.

prefix

Twice; two-; double.

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Dichromatic

prefix

Variant spelling of dis- shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v ; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.

prefix

Variant spelling of dia- shortened before a vowel (as in dielectric ).

adjective

Considering yourself to be better or more important than other people

adjective

Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Usage examples:

A look of haughty disdain

adjective

Unreasonably proud and unfriendly

Usage examples:

They show a haughty contempt of others.

adjective

Unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people

Usage examples:

She has a rather haughty manner.

adjective

Using power or authority more forcefully than is needed, without thinking about the feelings or wishes of other people

adjective

Excessively proud or self-confident.

Usage examples:

A hubristic belief in his own self-proclaimed genius

adjective

Too proud

Usage examples:

He has a hubristic resistance to admitting he is wrong.

adjective

Characterized by conceited assertiveness and dogmatism.

Usage examples:

An arrogant and opinionated man

adjective

Having strong opinions that you feel free to express

Usage examples:

She’s seven years old and she’s already pretty opinionated.

adjective

Unpleasantly overpowering.

Usage examples:

An overbearing, ill-tempered brute

verb

Overcome by emotional pressure or physical force.

Usage examples:

His will had not been overborne by another's influence

adjective

Too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant and not easy to like

Usage examples:

An overbearing father

adjective

Apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending.

Usage examples:

We both occasionally experienced patronizing attitudes from staff

verb

Treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.

Usage examples:

She was determined not to be put down or patronized

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Usage examples:

A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

Usage examples:

I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

adjective

Believing that you are more important or have a higher value than other people

Usage examples:

He never comes across as pompous or self-important., i look at these very serious, self-important p…

adjective

Higher in rank, status, or quality.

Usage examples:

A superior officer

noun

A person superior to another in rank or status, especially a colleague in a higher position.

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Obeying their superiors' orders

adjective

Better than average, or better than others of the same type

Usage examples:

They were clearly the superior team., some people think acoustic recordings are superior to digital…

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

adjective

Having a very confident and arrogant or self-important manner.

Usage examples:

A swaggering bully

verb

Present participle of swagger

Usage examples:

They swaggered into the room., a group of young men swaggered around outside the bar., his swaggeri…