arrogant

/ˈer-ə-gənt/

Middle English arrogant, arragaunt, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin arrogant-, arrogans "insolent, overbearing, presumptuous," from present participle of arrogāre "to lay claim to, claim to possess, be conceited"

adjective

  1. exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner

  2. showing an offensive attitude of superiority : proceeding from or characterized by arrogance

an arrogant official

proud arrogant haughty lordly insolent overbearing supercilious disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.