Synonyms for arrogance
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Haughtiness
haughtiness, disdain, hauteur, pride, loftiness, high-handedness, lordliness, contumely, superciliousness, imperiousness
2. Self-importance
self-importance, hubris, cockiness, egotism, conceit, vainglory, insolence, pomposity, snobbery, bluster, swagger, vanity, assurance, presumption dated, overweening dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
Forms
- Plural
- arrogances → haughtinesses, hauteurs, prides, loftinesses…
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Arrogance claims much for itself and concedes little to others.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- pride Italians take pride in their dress and appearance.
- disdain Tom didn't notice the look of disdain on Mary's face.
- hubris It's sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| arrogance | rising | |
| pride | rising | |
| disdain | rising | |
| haughtiness | rising | |
| hauteur | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- pride1
- 6 letters
- vanity3, hubris2
- 7 letters
- disdain2, swagger2, conceit2, bluster2, egotism4, hauteur
- 8 letters
- snobbery3
- 9 letters
- assurance3, insolence3, cockiness3, vainglory, pomposity4, loftiness, contumely
- 10 letters
- lordliness
- 11 letters
- presumption3, overweening, haughtiness
- 13 letters
- imperiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vanity3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- arrogance
- Italiano
- arroganza
- Español
- arrogancia
- Deutsch
- Arroganz
- Català
- arrogància