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arrogant
adjective as in having exaggerated self-opinion
Strongest matches
aloof, bossy, cavalier, cocky, haughty, imperious, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, smug, vain
Weak matches
assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bragging, cheeky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, high-and-mighty, high-handed, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, peremptory, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smarty-pants, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity
Example Sentences
"I'm just wondering if in prison he's become more aggressive, more arrogant than he was before he went in," Mrs Mizen told BBC Breakfast.
He says he was never as "arrogant or ambitious" as his character, but admits to occasionally being "adventurous" in navigating office politics.
The greatest criticism of President Jimmy Carter, offered by his contemporaries, is that he was a victim of his own arrogant hubris.
There’s an arrogant swagger to a lot of the alternative truth crowd.
The Dylan seen here can be charming or arrogant — sometimes both at once — childish or wise.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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