arrogant

adjective
🔊/ˈærəɡənt/
🔊/ˈærəɡənt/
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  1. behaving in a proud, unpleasant way, showing little thought for other people傲慢的;自大的
    Extra Examples
    • He was a rude, arrogant young man.他是个不懂礼貌、目中无人的年轻人。
    • She wanted to laugh in his arrogant face.她想在他傲慢的脸上大笑。
    • The chief inspector disliked his arrogant manner.总督察不喜欢他那副自命不凡的样子。
    Topics Personal qualitiesb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryArrogant is used with these nouns:
    • attitude
    • dismissal
    • jerk
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin arrogant- ‘claiming for oneself’, from the verb arrogare, from ad- ‘to’ + rogare ‘ask’.