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arrogantly Definition


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arrogant
adj
    1. Said of someone or their behaviour: aggressively and offensively self-assertive; having or showing too high an opinion of one's own abilities or importance; impudently over-presumptive.
      Thesaurus: conceited, haughty, condescending, insolent, contemptuous, disdainful, high and mighty, lordly, patronizing, imperious, supercilious, superior; Antonym: humble.
Derivative: arrogance
noun
    The quality of being arrogant
      Thesaurus: conceit, haughtiness, vanity, hubris, condescension, insolence, scorn, contempt, disdain, highhandedness, pretension, lordliness, superciliousness, airs; Antonym: humility.
Derivative: arrogantly
adverb
    Etymology: 14c: from Latin arrogare to claim as one's own, from rogare to ask.



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