Arrogant is an English word with synonyms like chesty or proud. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Arrogant meaning
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
Using Arrogant
- The main meaning on this page is: Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
- Useful related words include: chesty, self-important, proud.
- In the example corpus, arrogant often appears in combinations such as: arrogant and, the arrogant, an arrogant.
Context around Arrogant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Arrogant
- In this selection, "arrogant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cocky, grown, displayed, babyface, heel and hypocritical stand out and add context to how "arrogant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cocky arrogant babyface instead and a cocky arrogant heel jay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "arrogant" sits close to words such as accents, amplitude and bidaskclub, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with arrogant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And we can’t be ignorant and arrogant. (8 words)
He felt like a stereotypically arrogant law enforcement officer with few redeeming qualities. (13 words)
Gotta love how that arrogant, pompous idiot Les Snead, suddenly covets a draft pick. (14 words)
Fortunately for fans, the decision not to recast Coach left the door open for Damon Wayans Jr. to return as the arrogant yet awkward former athlete, and the show was all the better when he did come back in Season 3, even if he didn't stay that long. (49 words)
But there were an awful lot of very, very arrogant dot commerce back in the day who was very -- would look you straight in the eye, and say, yeah, a company should be valued based on eyeballs, remember that one? (40 words)
After an editorial in had grown arrogant and intolerant since becoming the Maharashtra deputy chief minister, the ruling BJP warned the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece of legal action and burnt its copies at several places in Mumbai on Saturday. (39 words)
But there were an awful lot of very, very arrogant dot commerce back in the day who was very -- would look you straight in the eye, and say, yeah, a company should be valued based on eyeballs, remember that one? (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
I don’t want you to think I am being arrogant because I am not arrogant.
Now a cocky, arrogant babyface instead of his true form of a cocky, arrogant heel, Jay White is being hunted by the Dark Outlaw, Hangman Adam Page, who continues his descent into madness and rage.
After an editorial in had grown arrogant and intolerant since becoming the Maharashtra deputy chief minister, the ruling BJP warned the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece of legal action and burnt its copies at several places in Mumbai on Saturday.
American officials say Mr. Wang and other Chinese officials want to help Mr. Putin confront what they view as an arrogant, hypocritical and declining United States.
And then the arrogant “we’re going to sign your favorite players” routine, just puts all their cards on the table way too fast.
And we can’t be ignorant and arrogant.
And whatever potential she had for comedy or pathos isn’t evident by the dialogue or situations given her, which invariably paint her as a selfish twit and Indy as an arrogant sleaze.
Arrogant, treacherous to her party and her successor, embarrassing, and graceless, Truss merely proves once again why she should never have been allowed near No 10 in the first place.
Austin was arrogant after sending Ishimori outside and Ishimori returned the favor with his level of brashness.
Both missionaries displayed arrogant and self-righteous attitudes, believing they could Christianize the Indigenous people and turn them into farmers.
But, at the end of the talk, this outlier came up to apologize—worried that it was somehow arrogant to have impostor syndrome.
But there were an awful lot of very, very arrogant dot commerce back in the day who was very -- would look you straight in the eye, and say, yeah, a company should be valued based on eyeballs, remember that one?
Despite their arrogant behavior, however, Tsareena is not without kindness, as it will go to great lengths to protect its pre-evolutions, Steenee and Bounsweet.
Emboldened by a series of peace agreements, Israel has signed with various Arab governments, what he clearly meant by this very arrogant claim was that his country is impregnable and his military is invincible.
Featuring Jayda Cheaves, Ari Fletcher, Dionte “Arrogant Tae” Gray, Lakeyah, and Dess Dior, the forthcoming eight-episode docuseries will aim to highlight some of Atlanta’s influential entrepreneurs and artists.
For those who lose, don't give up, and for the winners, don't be arrogant.
Fortunately for fans, the decision not to recast Coach left the door open for Damon Wayans Jr. to return as the arrogant yet awkward former athlete, and the show was all the better when he did come back in Season 3, even if he didn't stay that long.
From her hair to her shoes, she is so well put together and she isn’t arrogant rather she is a thorough professional.
Gotta love how that arrogant, pompous idiot Les Snead, suddenly covets a draft pick.
He felt like a stereotypically arrogant law enforcement officer with few redeeming qualities.
Common combinations with arrogant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- arrogant and 48×
- the arrogant 18×
- an arrogant 17×
- and arrogant 17×
- as arrogant 11×
- be arrogant 6×
- being arrogant 5×
- was arrogant 5×
- of arrogant 5×
- very arrogant 4×