ARROGANT


Meaning of ARROGANT in English

ar ‧ ro ‧ gant /ˈærəɡənt/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: present participle of arrogare ; ⇨ ↑ arrogate ]

behaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people:

He was unbearably arrogant.

an arrogant attitude

—arrogantly adverb

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THESAURUS

▪ proud very pleased with what you, your family, or your country have achieved, or of something you own:

I felt so proud when my son graduated from college.

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Judith’s very proud of her new Ferrari.

▪ pleased with yourself feeling pleased because something good has happened, especially because you think you have been very clever, skilful etc:

He was smoking a big cigar and was obviously pleased with himself.

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I’d made a big profit and was feeling pretty pleased with myself.

▪ arrogant disapproving behaving in an unpleasant and annoying way, because you think you are better or know more than other people, and that your opinions are always right:

He was arrogant and regarded people who disagreed with him as fools.

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his arrogant attitude to women

▪ vain disapproving too proud of your appearance, in a way that annoys other people:

He’s so vain – he thinks all the girls fancy him.

▪ conceited/big-headed disapproving proud of yourself because you think you are very intelligent, skilful, beautiful etc, especially without good reason and in a way that annoys people:

Stewart’s the most arrogant conceited person I’ve ever known.

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She was offered a brilliant job and became incredibly big-headed overnight.

▪ pompous disapproving thinking that you are much more important than you really are, and using very long and formal words to try to sound important:

The clerk was a pompous little man with glasses.

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a pompous speech

▪ smug disapproving pleased with yourself in a quiet but annoying way because you think you are in a better position than other people:

Milly was looking very smug about coming top of the class.

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a smug expression

▪ self-satisfied disapproving pleased with what you have achieved and showing it clearly in an annoying way:

She glared angrily into his self-satisfied face.

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a self-satisfied grin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.