Arrogance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Arrogance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Arrogance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrogance n overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors Synonym(s): arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arrogance \Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See {Arrogant}.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption. I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak. Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}.