Definition of arrogance
: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
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Examples of arrogance in a Sentence
- He was like a movie star at his high school reunion, muting his arrogance and trying to be a regular guy for old times' sake. He seemed to genuinely appreciate the honor. —Carlo Rotella, New York Times Sports Magazine, June 2008
- This kind of official arrogance is not new, of course, although it is perhaps more common in dictatorships than in democracies. —Ian Buruma, New York Times Book Review, 17 Sept. 2006
- Arrogance is, at once, what an athlete most needs and what fans least want to see. —Dan Le Batard, ESPN, 15 Mar. 2004
- A British expat who could have stepped out of a Graham Greene plot, Twyman makes an improbable Jamaican hero. His self-assurance borders on arrogance, particularly when something is not done precisely the way he would do it himself. —Barry Estabrook, Gourmet, July 2003
Her arrogance has earned her a lot of enemies.
We were shocked by the arrogance of his comments.
Recent Examples of arrogance from the Web
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With that said, Chris isn't exactly earning rave reviews from his fellow castaways in the preseason, many of whom remark upon the model's obvious self-confidence bordering on arrogance.
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As a parliamentary party, LRM was accused of arrogance by some, incompetence by others.
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Near midfield, defensive end Chris Mims was twirling a Terrible Towel --waterlogged symbol of Steelers arrogance.
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There is a kind of American arrogance that assumes everyone in the world is desperate to come to our shores.
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So, ironically, ignorance brings annoying intellectual arrogance while actual learning brings humility -- and maybe even some gentle wisdom.
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Call it arrogance or confidence, his trolling is fearless, clever, jaw-dropping and, sometimes, one step too far.
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Possessing both the arrogance and impatience that have come to signify genius, onscreen Reynolds often seems like a symbol rather than a man— a stand in for fashion as a concept, and the callousness that can come when style trumps substance.
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The topping's pale sweetness under fresh parsley and dill leaf salad kept liver's typical arrogance in check.
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Origin and Etymology of arrogance
arrogance Synonyms
Synonyms
assumption, bumptiousness, consequence, haughtiness, hauteur, high horse, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, masterfulness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, superciliousness, superiority;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
bashfulness, demureness, retiringness, shyness;
diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt, timidity, timidness;
lowliness, meekness, mousiness, passiveness, passivity, submissiveness;
Related Words
authoritativeness, bossiness, dominance, high-handedness;
condescension, disdain, scorn;
chest-thumping, inflation, self-assertion, snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism, snootiness;
attitude, cheek, cheekiness, impertinence, impudence, sauciness;
boastfulness, bombast, bravado, strut, swagger, triumphalism, vaingloriousness, vainglory;
cockiness, complacence, conceit, egoism, egotism, pride, pridefulness, self-assumption, self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-content, self-contentment, self-opinion, self-partiality, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, vanity;
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