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arrogant
adjective /ˈær.ə.ɡənt/
/ˈer-/ Definition
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B2 unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people: I found him arrogant and rude.Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting arrogance
/ˈær.ə.ɡəns/
/ˈer-/ noun [U] › He has a self-confidence that is sometimes seen as arrogance.Saddening, shocking and upsetting arrogantly
/-li/ adverb › The authorities had behaved arrogantly, she said.Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
/ˈer-/ noun [U] › He has a self-confidence that is sometimes seen as arrogance.Saddening, shocking and upsetting arrogantly
/-li/ adverb › The authorities had behaved arrogantly, she said.Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting(Definition of arrogant adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- as if you owned the place idiom
- be too clever by half idiom
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- highfalutin adjective
- portentous adjective
- proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- self-appointed adjective
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
- uppity adjective
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