arrogance

  • 11arrogance — (a ro gan s ) s. f. Orgueil accompagné de manières hautaines et de prétentions téméraires. Langage plein d arrogance. C est le comble de l arrogance. •   Ton arrogance insigne Ne mériterait pas qu on te fît cet honneur, VOLT. Tancr. III, 6. •   D …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 12arrogance — n. 1) to demonstrate, display, exhibit arrogance 2) insufferable, overpowering, overwhelming arrogance 3) the arrogance to + inf. (he had the arrogance to ask for more money) * * * [ ærəgəns] display exhibit arrogance overpowering overwhelming… …

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  • 13ARROGANCE — s. f. Fierté, orgueil, présomption, qui fait qu on s attribue un mérite, un droit, une autorité qu on n a pas. Sotte arrogance. Arrogance insupportable. Parler avec arrogance. Cet homme est plein d arrogance …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 14ARROGANCE — n. f. Attitude hautaine et présomptueuse. Sotte arrogance. Arrogance insupportable. Parler avec arrogance. Cet homme est plein d’arrogance …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 15arrogance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ breathtaking, sheer, supreme ▪ intellectual VERB + ARROGANCE ▪ have ▪ She had the arrogance to believe the law d …

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  • 16arrogance — ar|ro|gance [ˈærəgəns] n [U] when someone behaves in a rude way because they think they are very important ▪ I couldn t believe the arrogance of the man! …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17arrogance — noun (U) the quality of thinking that you are very important so that you behave rudely: The arrogance of that man pretending he d never seen us before! …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18arrogance */ — UK [ˈærəɡəns] / US noun [uncountable] behaviour that shows that you think you are better or more important than other people I am astounded by your arrogance …

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  • 19arrogance — arrogant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having an exaggerated sense of one s own importance or abilities. DERIVATIVES arrogance noun arrogantly adverb. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin arrogare claim for oneself …

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  • 20Arrogance (band) — Arrogance rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the 1970s and early 1980s it was one of the most popular local bands in the state [http://www.arrogance.us/articles/back4more.htm Metro Magazine, July 2000 Legendary Rockers Unite] ] . The… …

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