Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: arrogance
IPA transcription: ['ɛɹəɡəns]
Pronunciations of arrogance
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
    Meaning: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Usage examples
  • Arrogance and untutored haughtiness
  • I was possessed of the arrogance of a Roman governor.
  • Haughtiness and arrogance were largely attributed to him
  • Tom had come down to his old quarters, and, in the arrogance of convalescence, had presumed on his imagined strength, and so caught cold.
  • Yet some people may be surprised that men with any love of justice, whether inborn or otherwise, could continue to abide the arrogance, and rapacity, and tyranny of the Doones.
  • The wise woman, however, asked no questions, but began to talk about her work, approving of some of it, which filled her with arrogance, and showing how some of it might have been done better, which filled her with resentment.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pierre Trudeau, License CC BY-SA 4.0