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- pronunciation:
- ae
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gns
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the condition or quality of being arrogant; excessive belief in one's superiority; excessive pride.
It was his arrogance that made him believe she would marry him regardless of how he treated her.- synonyms:
- egotism, haughtiness, self-importance
- antonyms:
- humility, modesty
- similar words:
- conceit, pride, self-assurance, self-confidence, snobbery, vanity
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| definition 2: |
disagreeable behavior resulting from this condition.
He was asked to leave because his arrogance was offending everyone.- synonyms:
- hauteur, imperiousness, superciliousness
- similar words:
- braggadocio, condescension, contumely, disdain, insolence, pomposity
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| related words: |
air, audacity, cheek, presumption |
adjective + (n.)arrogance
absolute,
aggressive,
certain,
congressional,
cultural,
damned,
defensive,
elitist,
false,
fatal,
imperial,
institutional,
insufferable,
intellectual,
mere,
outraged,
peculiar,
perceived,
pompous,
pure,
racist,
seeming,
shameless,
sheer,
stupid,
theological,
typical,
ultimate,
unbelievable,
unconscious,
unfortunate,
usual,
youthful
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verb + (n.)arrogance
attribute,
avoid,
bespeak,
border,
breed,
denounce,
despise,
display,
embody,
envy,
epitomize,
exhibit,
exude,
forgive,
hate,
match,
offend,
overweening,
perceive,
permeate,
reflect,
reinforce,
resent
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(n.)arrogance
+ verb
accuse, anger, characterize
noun + (n.)arrogance
ambition,
attitude,
bias,
bluff,
certainty,
combination,
complacency,
confidence,
corruption,
cronyism,
demeanor,
demonstration,
display,
ego,
greed,
height,
hint,
hubris,
humanism,
hypocrisy,
incompetence,
insularity,
kind,
obstinacy,
pedestal,
pomp,
pride,
racism,
reputation,
resentment,
selfishness,
smack,
smugness,
streak,
tendency,
timidity,
tone,
touch
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| derivation: |
arrogancy (n.) |
The word arrogance
contains the following parts:
ar-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ar-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "r," such as "rang." See ad-.
Example words:
rog, rogat
Latin
root
that means ask
Example words:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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