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# arrogant

«arrogant» in Mova's school dictionary: **better or more important than other people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (arrogant, more arrogant, most arrogant)

### meaning for a pupil

Behaving as if you are better or more important than other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, arrogant characters often learn a lesson (the hare in «The Tortoise and the Hare»). In PSHE, arrogance is contrasted with confidence. Phrases: «arrogant attitude».

### examples

- The arrogant hare stopped for a nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x1)
- Don't be arrogant about winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x2)
- The arrogant king ignored good advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x3)
- She's confident, not arrogant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x4)
- His arrogant smile annoyed the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x5)
- Being arrogant can lose you friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x6)
- Waldemar Daa was arrogant and proud, but he was also a learned man, and knew a great deal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/#x7)

### note

Noun: arrogance; adverb: arrogantly. Not the same as confident: confident people believe in themselves without looking down on others.

### In the corpora

- [For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1221/)
- [I say unto the arrogant: 'Deal not arrogantly'; and to the wicked: 'Lift not up the horn.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1282/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arrogant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrogant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.