# arrogant
## English
### Alternative forms

* arrogaunt (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæɹəɡənt/
* (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈɛɹəɡənt/
* Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):(file)

### Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)
* Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
    Synonyms: authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egotistical, high-handed, narcissistic, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious, stuck up, proud, vain
    Antonyms: servile, humble, modest
** 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.
** 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.

#### Usage notes

* Said of people, statements, etc.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:arrogant

#### Derived terms

* agnorant
* arrogantly
* superarrogant
* unarrogant

#### Related terms

* arrogance
* arrogancy
* arrogantness
* arrogate
* arrogation

#### Translations

Albanian: arrogant (sq)
Arabic: مُتَكَبِّر (mutakabbir), مَغْرُور (maḡrūr)
Armenian: գոռոզ (hy) (goṙoz), ամբարտավան (hy) (ambartavan), մեծամիտ (hy) (mecamit)
Azerbaijani: ötkəm, təkəbbürlü (az), dikbaş (az), məğrur (az), yekəxana
Basque: harro
Belarusian: ганары́сты (hanarýsty), напы́шлівы (napýšlivy), фанабэры́сты (fanaberýsty), пыхлі́вы (pyxlívy), ганарлі́вы (hanarlívy), пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy), самаўпэ́ўнены (samaŭpéŭnjeny)
Bulgarian: арога́нтен (bg) (arogánten), надме́нен (bg) (nadménen), високоме́рен (bg) (visokoméren)
Catalan: arrogant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn), 高傲 (zh) (gāo'ào), 驕傲 / 骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào)
Cimbrian: buulo
Czech: arogantní (cs), domýšlivý (cs), nafoukaný (cs)
Danish: arrogant, højrøvet
Dutch: arrogant (nl)
Egyptian: (qꜣ sꜣ)
Esperanto: aroganta
Finnish: ylimielinen (fi), röyhkeä (fi), kopea (fi), julkea (fi)
French: arrogant (fr), orgueilleux (fr)
Galician: arrogante (gl)
Georgian: ამპარტავანი (amṗarṭavani), ქედმაღალი (kedmaɣali), მედიდური (mediduri)
German: arrogant (de), hochmütig (de), eingebildet (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mikilþūhts)
Greek: υπεροπτικός (el) (yperoptikós)
Ancient: ὑπερήφανος (huperḗphanos), γαῦρος (gaûros)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: יָהִיר (he) (yahir)
Hindi: अभिमानी (hi) (abhimānī), घमंडी (hi) (ghamaṇḍī), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), अक्खड़ (hi) (akkhaṛ)
Hungarian: arrogáns (hu), öntelt (hu), pökhendi (hu), önhitt (hu), önelégült (hu), fennhéjázó (hu), gőgös (hu), rátarti (hu), felfuvalkodott (hu), fölényes (hu), nagyképű (hu)
Icelandic: hrokafullur
Ido: aroganta (io)
Indonesian: sombong (id)
Interlingua: arrogante
Irish: ainteann, anuaibhreach, anuallach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, sotalach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach
Italian: arrogante (it)
Japanese: 傲慢な (ja) (gōman na)
Kazakh: тәкаппар (täkappar), менмен (menmen)
Khmer: កំអួក (km) (kɑmʼuək), ក្រអឺត (km) (krɑʼəɨt)
Korean: 오만하다 (ko) (omanhada), 거만하다 (ko) (geomanhada)
Kyrgyz: текебер (ky) (tekeber)
Latin: arrogans, superbus (la)
Latvian: augstprātīgs, iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
Luxembourgish: arrogant
Macedonian: на́дмен (nádmen), воо́бразен (voóbrazen), го́рделив (górdeliv), арога́нтен (arogánten), на́перчен (náperčen), др́зок (dŕzok)
Maltese: mkabbar
Maori: whakahīhī, whakatuanui, whakatarapī
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: rupé
Norwegian: arrogant (no)
Ottoman Turkish: تكبرلو (tekebbürlü), بورونلو (burunlu)
Persian: خودبین (fa) (xodbin), برمنش (barmaneš), مغرور (fa) (mağrur)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: waawaha
Plautdietsch: huachnäsich
Polish: arogancki (pl)
Portuguese: arrogante (pt)
Romanian: arogant (ro)
Russian: надме́нный (ru) (nadménnyj), высокоме́рный (ru) (vysokomérnyj), тщесла́вный (ru) (tščeslávnyj), кичли́вый (ru) (kičlívyj), гордели́вый (ru) (gordelívyj), спеси́вый (ru) (spesívyj), чванли́вый (ru) (čvanlívyj), зано́счивый (ru) (zanósčivyj)
Sanskrit: अभिमानिन् (sa) (abhimānin)
Scottish Gaelic: uaibhreach, uailleach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: арога̀нтан
Roman: arogàntan (sh)
Slovak: arogantný (sk)
Slovene: aroganten (sl)
Spanish: arrogante (es), soberbio (es), altivo (es), altanero (es), creído (es), presumido (es), comparón (Dominican Republic), comemierda (es) (Latin America)
Sundanese: bedegong (su)
Swedish: arrogant (sv)
Tajik: мағрур (tg) (maġrur), мутакаббир (tg) (mutakabbir)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: หยิ่ง (th) (yìng)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: śarware
Turkish: kibirli (tr), tekebbürlü
Ukrainian: пиха́тий (pyxátyj), зарозумі́лий (zarozumílyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), пихли́вий (pyxlývyj), гонори́стий (honorýstyj), гордови́тий (hordovýtyj), бундю́чний (uk) (bundjúčnyj), гоноро́витий (honoróvytyj)
Uyghur: تەكەببۇر (tekebbur), ھاكاۋۇر (hakawur)
Uzbek: takabbur (uz), magʻrur (uz), manman (uz), mutakabbir (uz)
Vietnamese: kiêu (vi), kiêu ngạo (vi), kiêu căng (vi), ngạo mạn (vi), kênh kiệu (vi), ngạo nghễ (vi)
Welsh: trahaus (cy) :

### Further reading

* “arrogant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “arrogant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “arrogant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* tarragon

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.ruˈɣan]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.roˈɣant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.roˈɣant]
* Rhymes: -ant

### Adjective

arrogant m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)
* arrogant

#### Derived terms

* arrogantment

#### Related terms

* arrogància

### Further reading

* “arrogant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “arrogant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “arrogant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “arrogant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

Via French arrogant, Derived from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

### Adjective

arrogant (neuter arrogant, plural and definite singular attributive arrogante)
* arrogant

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Related terms

* arrogance

### References

* “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑ.roːˈɣɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)
* arrogant

#### Related terms

* arrogantie

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: arogan

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃/
* Homophone: arrogants
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

### Further reading

* “arrogant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʁoˈɡant/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Adjective

arrogant (strong nominative masculine singular arroganter, comparative arroganter, superlative am arrogantesten)
* arrogant

#### Derived terms

* Arroganz

#### Related terms

* vigilant

### Further reading

* “arrogant” in Duden online
* “arrogant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Verb

arrogant
* third-person plural present active indicative of arrogō

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

arrogant (masculine arroganten, neuter arrogant, comparative méi arrogant, superlative am arrogantsten)
* arrogant

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Adjective

arrogant
* arrogant

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Related terms

* arrogans

#### See also

* högfärdig

### References

* arrogant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* arrogant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)