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| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all*, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, vain, wise guy*, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boastful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bragging |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, big, big-headed, bombastic, cocky, conceited, crowing, egotistic, egotistical, exultant, full of hot air, hifalutin*, hot stuff, know-it-all, loudmouth, on ego trip, pompous, pretentious, puffed-up, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding, smart-alecky, snooty, strutting, stuck-up, swaggering, swanky, swollen-headed, too big for one's britches, vainglorious, vaunting, windbag* |
| Antonyms: | deprecating, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cocky/cocksure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured, full of oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, conceited, confident, know-it-all*, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self-confident, smart aleck*, sure, vain, wise guy*, egotistical, hotdogging, hotshot, hubristic, smart guy, smarty, smarty pants, swaggering, swollen-headed |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, uncertain, unsure, unself-confident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistical |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, cocky, gall, ham*, immodest, know-it-all, narcissistic, overweening, phony, self-important, snotty*, vain, vainglorious, windbag*, big talking, bigheaded, conceity, full of hot air, hot stuff, loudmouth, puffed up, smart-alecky, stuck up, swollen-headed |
| Antonyms: | diffident, humble, meek, modest, self-conscious, shy, timid, unself-confident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condescending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobby, lordly |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, lofty, patronizing, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity, la-dee-da, uppish |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, humble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictatorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tyrannical, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted, crack-the-whip, dictative, iron-handed, throwing weight around |
| Antonyms: | democratic, docile, passive |
| Main Entry: | disdainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scornful |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemptuous, cool, derisive, egotistic, haughty, hoity-toity*, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, sneering, snooty*, supercilious, superior, unsympathetic, uppity*, contemning, despising, high-and-mighty*, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, toplofty |
| Antonyms: | loving, respectful, esteemable, favoring, praising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domineering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, autocratic, bossy, coercive, crack the whip, despotic, dictatorial, egotistic, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, in driver's seat, insolent, iron-handed, on high horse, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical |
| Antonyms: | submissive, surrendering, yielding |
| Main Entry: | fustian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pompous |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, boastful, bombastic, conceited, flaunting, high and mighty*, highfalutin, lofty, ostentatious, pontifical, portentous, pretentious, ranting, self-centered, self-important, vain, vainglorious, puffed up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high and mighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | haughty, overbearing |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, high-handed*, highfalutin*, hoity-toity*, imperious, lofty, lordly, presumptuous, snobbish, snooty*, snotty, stuck-up*, stuffy, superior, uppity*, egotistical, on high horse, sniffy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | highfalutin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pompous |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, boastful, conceited, flaunting, grandiose, high and mighty*, important, lofty, ostentatious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, puffy, self-centered, stuck-up*, swanky, uppity*, vain, puffed up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imperious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bossy, overbearing |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, commanding, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannical, compulsatory, tyrannous |
| Notes: | imperial pertains to the qualities of power and royalty; imperious implies that someone is overbearing or domineering |
| Antonyms: | fawning, helpless, humble, obedient, servile, subservient, weak |
| Main Entry: | impertinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, brassy*, brazen, discourteous, flip*, forward, fresh, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate, incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base*, offensive, pert, presumptuous, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, uncalled-for*, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable, contumelious, disgracious, interfering, lippy, out of line, procacious, smart alecky |
| Antonyms: | kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, arrogant, barefaced, brassy*, brazen, breezy, contemptuous, dictatorial, discourteous, disdainful, flip*, fresh, imperative, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insubordinate, insulting, magisterial, nervy, offensive, overbearing, peremptory, pert, put down, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart, uncivil, ungracious, contumelious, off-base, out-of-line, procacious, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, humble, modest, polite, respectful, servile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity*, contumelious, overfamiliar |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sarcastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, mocking in speech |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, mean, mordant, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, sneering, trenchant, acerb, chaffing, contumelious, cussed, ironical, needling, smart-alecky, snarling, taunting, twitting, weisenheiming |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sardonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, arrogant, biting, bitter, carping, caustic, cynical, derisive, disrespectful, evil, irascible, mean, mocking, mordant, nasty, offensive, salty*, satirical, scorching, scornful, sharp, sneering, wise*, smart-alecky, taunting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceited |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, cocky, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, smug, vain, vainglorious, bigheaded, egotistical, full of hot air, puffed up, stuck up, swollen-headed |
| Main Entry: | self-satisfied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleased with oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, complacent, conceited, content, egotistic, flushed, pleased, proud, proud, smug, vain, bigheaded, full of oneself, puffed up, self-congratulatory |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, unsure |
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