ARROGANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrogant mean? 

• ARROGANT (adjective)
  The adjective ARROGANT has 1 sense:

1. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

  Familiarity information: ARROGANT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARROGANT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

Synonyms:

arrogant; chesty; self-important

Context example:

chesty as a peacock

Similar:

proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)

Derivation:

arrogance (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of grandiose beliefs and arrogant behavior together with an overwhelming need for admiration and a lack of empathy for (and even exploitation of) others.

(Narcissistic Personality Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It towered before him on the wall, a figure in brass, arrogant and powerful.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

However I might have expressed my comprehension of it at that time, if I had been called upon, I nevertheless did clearly comprehend in my own way, that it was another name for tyranny; and for a certain gloomy, arrogant, devil's humour, that was in them both.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Collins, said she, speaks highly both of Lady Catherine and her daughter; but from some particulars that he has related of her ladyship, I suspect his gratitude misleads him, and that in spite of her being his patroness, she is an arrogant, conceited woman.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Tom's arrogant eyes roamed the crowd.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)