'arrogance' definitions:
Definition of 'arrogance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]
Synonyms of 'arrogance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airs,
- assurance,
- assuredness,
- audacity,
- belief,
- bluster,
- boastfulness,
- bold front,
- boldness,
- brash bearing,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- bravado,
- brazenness,
- bumptiousness,
- certitude,
- cheekiness,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- cockiness,
- cocksureness,
- conceit,
- confidence,
- confidentness,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- conviction,
- courage,
- daring,
- daringness,
- defial,
- defiance,
- defying,
- derision,
- despite,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- disparagement,
- disregard,
- effrontery,
- egotism,
- exclusiveness,
- face,
- faith,
- gall,
- hardihood,
- haughtiness,
- hauteur,
- hubris,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- independence,
- insolence,
- insult,
- loftiness,
- morgue,
- nerve,
- obtrusiveness,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweening,
- overweeningness,
- pardonable pride,
- pertness,
- poise,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- positiveness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- procacity,
- proudness,
- purse-pride,
- pushiness,
- ridicule,
- sauciness,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- security,
- self-assertion,
- self-assurance,
- self-confidence,
- self-consequence,
- self-esteem,
- self-importance,
- self-reliance,
- self-respect,
- self-sufficiency,
- settled belief,
- side,
- sniffiness,
- snobbery,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- stiff-necked pride,
- stiff-neckedness,
- subjective certainty,
- superciliousness,
- sureness,
- surety,
- toploftiness,
- trust,
- uppishness,
- uppityness,
- vanity