arrogant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ar·ro·gant /ˈærəɡənt/ ●○○ adjective PROUDbehaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people 傲慢的，趾高气扬的，目中无人的，妄自尊大的 He was unbearably arrogant. 他的傲慢让人无法忍受。 an arrogant attitude 傲慢的态度► see thesaurus at proud —arrogantly adverb
Examples from the Corpus
arrogant• He was impertinent, rude and arrogant.• Throughout the trial, the defendants were off-hand and arrogant.• They were arrogant but, by and large, they were decent, honest people.• Insolent words uttered in the arrogant consciousness of power were always heard in heaven and always punished.• his arrogant disregard for other people's opinions• an arrogant, selfish man• an arrogant smile• She also is nicely complicated: at times arrogant, stubborn, wrong-headed and voyeuristic.• You are a rude and arrogant young man.Origin arrogant (1300-1400) Latin present participle of arrogare; → ARROGATEar·ro·gant adjectiveChineseSyllable
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arrogant
ar‧ro‧gant /ˈærəɡənt/
adjectivebehaving 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
▪ 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | a self-satisfied grin
ar‧ro‧gant /ˈærəɡənt/
adjectivebehaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people: —arrogantly adverb
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