单词 | arrogant |
释义 | arrogant From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisharrogantar‧ro‧gant /ˈærəɡənt/ ●○○ adjectivePROUDbehaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people He was unbearably arrogant. an arrogant attitude► see thesaurus at proud —arrogantly adverbExamples from the Corpusarrogant• 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• You are a rude and arrogant young man.Origin arrogant (1300-1400) Latin present participle of arrogare; → ARROGATE |
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