arrogant
adjective /ˈærəɡənt/
/ˈærəɡənt/
- behaving in a proud, unpleasant way, showing little thought for other peopleExtra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2
- He was a rude, arrogant young man.
- She wanted to laugh in his arrogant face.
- The chief inspector disliked his arrogant manner.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryArrogant is used with these nouns:- attitude
- dismissal
- jerk
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin arrogant- ‘claiming for oneself’, from the verb arrogare, from ad- ‘to’ + rogare ‘ask’.