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Describing character & temperament

Arrogant

adjective

/ˈær.ə.ɡənt/

Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or ability.

Stronger and colder than 'proud'. Pride can be earned and quiet; arrogance is always directed outward — it needs someone to look down on.

arrogant assumptionarrogant disregard
Same side

Haughty, Imperious, Supercilious, Conceited, Insolent

Opposite side

Humble, Modest, Meek, Unassuming

His arrogant dismissal of the junior engineers' warnings delayed the project by months.