arrogance

«arrogance» in Mova's school dictionary: more important, cleverer or better than other people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (arrogance; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Behaving as if you are more important, cleverer or better than other people. tree →

2) Too much pride that makes someone rude or not willing to listen. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories about proud characters who look down on others and often learn a lesson. In ethics and religious lessons, arrogance is seen as a fault, the opposite of humility. Phrases: full of arrogance, the arrogance of, sheer arrogance.

examples

• The hare's arrogance made him lose the race to the tortoise. tree →
• His arrogance made it hard for others to like him. tree →
• She spoke with arrogance, as if nobody else knew anything. tree →
• The king's arrogance led to his downfall. tree →
• Being confident is good, but arrogance is not. tree →
• It was pure arrogance to think he couldn't lose. tree →
• Many stories teach that arrogance comes before a fall. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: arrogant; adverb: arrogantly. Opposite: humility, modesty. Not the same as confidence: confidence is believing in yourself, arrogance is thinking you are better than others. Spelled with double r.

In the corpora

• And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «arrogance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.