adjective
arrogant
CEFR B2
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
In a sentence
Six example sentences with arrogant, each labelled with its topic.
The rookie sounded arrogant promising forty points a night, then shot two for fourteen in his debut.
Basketball
Voters called the mayor arrogant after he skipped every town meeting and told reporters the questions bored him.
Politics
The teacher warned that an arrogant thinker mistakes the applause of students for proof that an argument holds.
Philosophy
The founder came across as arrogant in the pitch, dismissing every question about revenue as something small minds worry about.
Startups
Researchers found that people rated as arrogant by coworkers consistently overestimated their own scores on the same tests.
Psychology
The critic called the director arrogant for cutting his own film to four hours and refusing to trim one scene.
Movies
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