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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an arrogant attitude
a pompous attitude
a smug attitude
an overconfident attitude
a snobbish attitude
a conceited attitude
arrogant people
an arrogant assumption
an audacious assumption
a pompous assumption
a presumptuous assumption
an overconfident assumption
a boastful assumption
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Recent Examples of arrogant
Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
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EW.com, 4 July 2025
In 2022, Ackles joined the cast of Prime Video's The Boys as arrogant superhero Soldier Boy.
—Brianne Tracy, People.com, 4 July 2025
Back then, a majority of those polled in 37 countries called Trump arrogant, intolerant and dangerous.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 12 June 2025
The protests proved conclusively that Americans will not tolerate the deployment of the U.S. military in American cities, the constant line-stepping over constitutional boundaries, the arrests of political dissenters, or the arrogant defense of police-state tactics.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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EW.com, 4 July 2025
In 2022, Ackles joined the cast of Prime Video's The Boys as arrogant superhero Soldier Boy.
—Brianne Tracy, People.com, 4 July 2025
Back then, a majority of those polled in 37 countries called Trump arrogant, intolerant and dangerous.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 12 June 2025
The protests proved conclusively that Americans will not tolerate the deployment of the U.S. military in American cities, the constant line-stepping over constitutional boundaries, the arrests of political dissenters, or the arrogant defense of police-state tactics.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrogant
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However, stablecoin issuers that get cocky with those principles can suffer their own meltdowns: In 2022, the now-bankrupt firm Terra saw its TerraUSD stablecoin collapse in one of that year's biggest tech failures.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
18 July 2025
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Jimmy, boyish and cocky as ever, proves a real asset thanks to his clandestine connection with Lex’s fashionista, selfie-snapping girlfriend Eve (Sara Sampaio).—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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As pompous actor Garry, Nehal Joshi aces the tough task of making his character’s halting, inarticulate speech sound authentic.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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And more than any other animal, cats represented to her its moral antithesis: lazy, pompous, interested only in themselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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The Chicago Cubs have been passed up by the Milwaukee Brewers for the National League Central lead, and that's due to the Brewers' superior pitching staff.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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As a collective, HQ Portfolio stocks provided superior returns with lower risk compared to the benchmark index; a smoother journey, as evidenced in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Another important preventative measure athletes can take is preparing for life after sport.—
Brook Choulet,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Other regional universities — Illinois (UIUC), Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State and Purdue — also do important fusion research.—
Kathleen Gallagher,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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Economics, that supercilious, take-me-seriously profession?—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The show perpetuates corporate media’s retaliation against those who oppose its leftist, Marxist, Communist, socialist agenda — the ideological myth favored by superficial and supercilious showbiz types ever since All the President’s Men and Network.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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This information doesn’t make the prospect of leaving her home painless, but Ruth approaches it with a haughty dignity that soon becomes familiar.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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For those still on Windows 10 who might be feeling rather smug at avoiding these Windows 11 issues, Windows Latest has just issued a new warning, given that its own recent updates are not faring any better.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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His reboot has the benefit of an actor, David Corenswet, who may not have a lot of colors to work with, but whose presence is infinitely easier to take and less of a huge pile of smug than Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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This splendid, wry satire is about a wealthy family, self-important and confident in their morality, whose blithe and bumptious existences are thrown into disarray when their father clandestinely decides to give all their money to charity, and so (in their opinions) completely destroys their lives.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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As Peggy Dodd, consigliere to her bumptious 1950s cult-leader husband, Adams tends to wear a soft smile and blouses buttoned to the neck — a picture-perfect model of mid-century femininity.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Arrogant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrogant. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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