arrogant

Everyday

Behaving as if you are better or more important than other people. tree →

In the lessons

In stories, arrogant characters often learn a lesson (the hare in «The Tortoise and the Hare»). In PSHE, arrogance is contrasted with confidence. Phrases: «arrogant attitude».

Examples

• The arrogant hare stopped for a nap. tree →
• Don't be arrogant about winning. tree →
• The arrogant king ignored good advice. tree →
• She's confident, not arrogant. tree →
• His arrogant smile annoyed the team. tree →
• Being arrogant can lose you friends. tree →
• Waldemar Daa was arrogant and proud, but he was also a learned man, and knew a great deal. tree →

Note

Noun: arrogance; adverb: arrogantly. Not the same as confident: confident people believe in themselves without looking down on others.

In Jewish tradition

In the Psalms, the arrogant are proud people who scorn God and the righteous, and who often seem to do well for a while.

Interpretation. The tradition reads the Psalms as promising that proud people will fall in the end, and warns the faithful not to envy them or follow them.

Examples

• For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (Writings PSA.73.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• I say unto the arrogant: 'Deal not arrogantly'; and to the wicked: 'Lift not up the horn.' (Writings PSA.75.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Happy is the man that hath made the LORD his trust, and hath not turned unto the arrogant, nor unto such as fall away treacherously. (Writings PSA.40.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Noun: arrogance; adverb: arrogantly. Not the same as confident: confident people believe in themselves without looking down on others.