as in cocky
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
the arrogant young lawyer elbowed his way to the head of the line of customers, declaring that he was too busy to wait like everybody else
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Recent Examples of arrogant
Not to be arrogant, but our Best-Ever Succotash Recipe lives up to its name, and all of the five-star reviewers seem to agree with us.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
To no one’s surprise, Bonnie is immediately transfixed by her Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee, whose arrogant smarm effectively threads the needle between Maya Hawke’s Anxiety and Regina George’s everything else).
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
The two roles underline the actor’s formidable versatility, all skittish panic in the former and arrogant sociopathy in the other.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
Washington State’s beauty is almost arrogant in its expansiveness.
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C Pam Zhang,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for arrogant
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
To no one’s surprise, Bonnie is immediately transfixed by her Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee, whose arrogant smarm effectively threads the needle between Maya Hawke’s Anxiety and Regina George’s everything else).
—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
The two roles underline the actor’s formidable versatility, all skittish panic in the former and arrogant sociopathy in the other.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
Washington State’s beauty is almost arrogant in its expansiveness.
—
C Pam Zhang,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for arrogant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrogant
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The notable summer development, to this point, has been the Dolphins’ lack of interest in adding superior outside options at safety, edge and cornerback.
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This chip enables advanced on-device AI for superior active noise cancellation, focusing on isolating human speech and handling dynamic sounds.
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To address those concerns, Hulls has committed roughly $15 million to establish the Good Luck Fund, which acquires and preserves properties considered important to the community.
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What are the most important values of the community that the superintendent must honor regardless of pressure or politics?
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This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
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After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996).
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As such, lionfish possess the haughty confidence of an apex predator.
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For one, Columbus’s face wears the haughtiest, most cocksure expression in Lewis’s body of work.
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Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
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Li at times plays Cola with a smug impetuousness that belies her naivety about this world to a satisfying degree.
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And it’s been a very bumptious relationship ever since.
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In public, Newsom speaks often and openly about his errors, fortifying his image as a bumptious, slightly hapless victim of his own enthusiasms.
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But there’s much to like here — from the two leads, the numerous Bay Area shots (the Golden Gate Bridge should get a supporting actor credit), Nick Offerman as a pretentious, cruel chef and Lukas Gage as a clueless cretin love interest/coworker.
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Not to sound pretentious, but Elwood Dowd is sort of like a Christlike figure.
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Jim Parsons, too, understands the assignment as Rose's gold-digging mother, as do our adorably charming Jack Dawson (Rousouli) and hilariously uppity Cal (John Riddle).
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Steve Fields serves lobster tails and filet mignon, but its proprietor likes to think of the restaurant as D-FW’s affordable steakhouse — a place that isn’t too uppity.
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“Arrogant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrogant. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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