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- pronunciation:
- ae
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gnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having or displaying an attitude of inflated self-importance or pride.
These wealthy and arrogant foreigners had lived in the country for years without attempting to learn a word of the native language.He was arrogant toward his sisters, who had not had the opportunities for education that he'd had.
- synonyms:
- egotistic, haughty, self-important
- antonyms:
- humble, meek, modest
- similar words:
- cavalier, conceited, domineering, lofty, overbearing, overconfident, overweening, pompous, pretentious, proud, self-assured, stuck-up, supercilious, uppity, vain
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to such an attitude.
The spoiled young prince was noted for his arrogant behavior.- synonyms:
- imperious, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious
- antonyms:
- modest
- similar words:
- cavalier, contemptuous, disdainful, domineering, high-handed, insolent, lordly, pompous, scornful, superior
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| related words: |
big, brazen, bumptious, portentous |
adverb + (adj.)arrogant
across, bit, exceedingly, extremely, increasingly, incredibly, insufferably, intellectually, less, little, overly, somewhat, sort, unbelievably
(adj.)arrogant
+ adverb
excessively
(adj.)arrogant
+ noun
administrator,
aristocrat,
assumption,
attitude,
belief,
bunch,
bureaucracy,
bureaucrat,
cowboy,
dismissal,
disregard,
elite,
empire,
fellow,
fool,
foreigner,
gesture,
jerk,
leader,
manner,
mentality,
politician,
presumption,
punk,
racist,
refusal,
smile,
smirk,
stance,
superpower,
swagger,
tone,
touch
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| derivation: |
arrogantly (adv.) |
The word arrogant
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:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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