Reverse Dictionary: ARROGANT

ADJECTIVES
1225 ► DANGEROUS arrogant, haughty; rigorous, hard, severe; the opposite of affable → obs.
1297 ► HAUTAIN arrogant, haughty, proud; holding or behaving oneself loftily → obs.
1303 ► MISPROUD arrogant, haughty; improperly or unjustifiably vain or proud → obs. exc. arch.
1382 ► PROTERVE arrogant, impudent, proud; forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant → obs.
1429 ► PRIDEFUL chiefly Sc. & Amer. – haughty, arrogant, having a proud character
1475 ► SUCCUDROUS arrogant, presumptuous → Sc. obs.
1503 ► HIGH-MINDED arrogant, haughty, imperious 
1528 ► SURQUIDANT arrogant, presumptuous, overbearing → obs.
1529 ► SURCUIDANT arrogant, insolent, presumptuous → obs.
1548 ► LORDING powerful, dominating, having presiding authority or influence; also, behaving in an arrogant, disdainful, or dissipated manner
1562 ► HIGH IN THE INSTEP arrogant, haughty, proud, conceited → obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
1568 ► LUSTY arrogant, insolent, self-confident → obs.
L16.. ► PRECIOUS arrogant
1602 ► PURSY having a full purse; rich, wealthy; proud or arrogant on account of wealth
1610 ► HIGH-SIGHTED arrogant, supercilious, ambitious 
1634 ► PURSE-PROUD proud or arrogant on account of one’s wealth; having an inflated regard for wealth
1638 ► FASTUOUS arrogant, proud, haughty, disdainful; pretentious, ostentatious 
1640 ► PONTIFICAL arrogant, haughty; pompous; dogmatic → depreciative usage
1680 ► HUFFY arrogant, choleric; also, ready to take offense, touchy, pettish
1693 ► HUFF-SNUFF arrogant, hectoring, blustering → obs.
1700 ► ON THE HIGH ROPES arrogant, haughty 
1727 ► FASTUOSE arrogant, haughty, pretentious, ostentatious → obs.
1728 ► COXY self-important, arrogant; brash, cheeky, impudent
1785 ► COBBY arrogant, headstrong, obstinate, proud → Eng. dial.
1790 ► TOPPING arrogant, conceited; exhibiting a superior air; assertive → Amer. dial.
L18.. ► HIGH-NOSED arrogant, supercilious; intellectual, pretentious → sl.
19C.. ► MAGNIFICENT arrogant, conceited; high and mighty; self-important → Brit. sl.
1812 ► STUCK-UP arrogant, snobbish, reserved 
1823 ► ABOVE ONESELF arrogant, conceited, self-important, presumptuous; overly ambitious 
1826 ► UPHEADED arrogant, haughty; conceited; self-confident → Amer. dial.
1835 ► PONTIFICIAL arrogant, haughty, pompous → depreciative usage
M19. ► HIGH-HEELED arrogant → Aust. & US sl.
M19. ► STUCKUPPY arrogant, snobbish, reserved 
1868 ► BRICKETY → BRIGATY → BRIGETTY → BRIGGITY → BRIGGOTY → BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward → Amer. dial.
1893 ► BOUNCEFUL arrogant, domineering, masterful → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1895 ► LAA-DEE-LAA → LA-DEE-DA → LA-DI-DA → LA-DI-DAH → LAH-DI-DAH arrogant, stuck-up, snobbish → colloq.
1899 ► CHESTY arrogant; conceited → US sl.
L19.. ► HIGH IN TOOTH arrogant, boastful → sl.
20C.. ► HIGH-HEADED arrogant, haughty, self-important → US sl.
20C.. ► SWANKING showing off, acting in an arrogant or vulgar manner → sl.
1900 ► SWANKEY → SWANKY arrogant, conceited, vulgar → sl.
1901 ► FINE-HAIRED arrogant, conceited; impressed with one’s own importance → Amer. dial.
1904 ► UPSTUCK arrogant, stuck up, pretentious → Amer. dial.
1908 ► TOPPY arrogant, conceited; exhibiting a superior air; assertive → Amer. dial.
1910 ► MORE SIDE THAN A BILLIARD BALL very arrogant, snobbish → Aust. sl.
1910 ► SWANK arrogant, showy, vulgar → sl.
1919 ► SNOOTY arrogant, snobbish, haughty and disdainful; supercilious; unpleasant → Amer. sl.
1924 ► HIGH-HAT arrogant, and snobbish → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1928 ► FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant; excessively bold or feisty → W. Indies & Black British sl. 
1935 ► ASTORPERIOUS arrogant, haughty → Amer. dial.
1940 ► AKIMBO arrogant, stand-offish → UK society sl.
1940 ► IGNORANT arrogant, ill-natured, bullying → W. Indies & Black British usage
1940 ► UP ONESELF arrogant, self-satisfied, full of oneself → Aust. sl.
1943 ► AIRISH arrogant, inclined to put on airs; showing off → Amer. dial.
1943 ► FACETY arrogant, cheeky, impudent, rude → W. Indies & Black British usage
1948 ► BOOPETY arrogant, self-important → Amer. dial.
1960 ► HOSTILISH arrogant, haughty, condescending → African-American sl.
1968 ► COCKY-SURE arrogant, conceited, self-important; smugly over-confident → Amer. dial.
1968 ► FAT AND SASSY securely entrenched, and therefore arrogant → Amer.
1968 ► SADDITY → DDITTY → SEDITTY → SIDIDY → SIDITTY → SIDITY arrogant, boastful, showing off → US sl.
1970 ► LAANIE → LAHNEE → LANI → LANIE → LARNEY arrogant, showy → S. Afr. sl.
1990 ► PUSH-UP arrogant, presumptuous → W. Indies
1993 ► ARSEY → ARSY arrogant, conceited, pretentious; having an exaggerated opinion of one’s own importance → UK sl.
2006 ► BIGASS pert. to someone who is arrogant, self-important, or overbearing → US sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1375 ► SUCCUDROUSLY arrogantly, presumptuously → Sc. obs.
1677 ► FASTUOUSLY arrogantly, ostentatiously, haughtily, pretentiously 
1681 ► PRESUMPTORILY in a presumptuous manner; arrogantly, impertinently, forwardly → obs.
1899 ► CHESTY in an arrogant or self-important manner → Amer. dial.
1908 ► CHESTILY arrogantly, conceitedly → US
1960 ► HIGH-HAT arrogantly → sl.

NOUNS
1297 ► HAUTAINESSE arrogance, haughtiness, pride → obs.
1325 ► BOBANCE arrogance, presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, vanity → obs.
1375 ► OGART arrogance, presumption → Sc. obs.
1375 ► SUCCUDRY arrogance, presumption → Sc. obs.
1425 ► OPINION arrogance, self-conceit, dogmatism → obs.
1480 ► WANTONNESS arrogance, insolence of triumph or prosperity 
1591 ► RODOMONTADE an extravagantly arrogant or boastful remark of speech 
1598 ► RODOMONTADO an extravagantly arrogant or boastful remark of speech 
1600 ► PONTIFICALITY arrogance, dogmatism; pomposity → depreciative usage
1648 ► PURSE-PRIDE the pride or arrogance of the wealthy
1649 ► FASTUOUSNESS arrogance, haughtiness, ostentation 
1652 ► FANFARONADE arrogant or boisterous language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation 
1654 ► IMPERIOSITY arrogance, imperiousness → obs.
1673 ► FAST arrogance, pompousness → obs.
1830 ► VANCE an arrogant, boastful assertion or bearing → Sc.
1832 ► UPHEADEDNESS arrogance, self-confidence, conceit, haughtiness → Amer. dial.
1853 ► BIG-HEAD arrogance, conceit → US
1854 ► SWANK arrogant, showing-off behaviour → sl.
1882 ► GALL arrogance, impudence, self-possession, brazen assurance → orig. US sl.
L19.. ► HIGH FLY a showing off, acting in an arrogant, superior manner → sl.
1900 ► POLISH arrogance, effrontery → sl.
1930 ► HIGH NOSE arrogance, snobbery → colloq.
1963 ► UPHEADINESS arrogance, self-confidence, conceit, haughtiness → Amer. dial.
1970 ► SNOOT arrogance, superciliousness → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1450 ► GRIMSIR an arrogant or haughty person in office → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1593 ► BASHAW an arrogant, domineering man 
1610 ► BABEL BUILDER  a person likened to a builder of the Tower of Babel, esp. in being arrogant or unrealistic 
1825 ► WALLOCH-GOUL an arrogant or wanton blusterer → Sc. (Bk.)
1838 ► SPRAG a person with an arrogant, swaggering manner; a boaster; a braggart → Sc.
1846 ► BIG-HEAD an arrogant or conceited person → colloq.
M19. ► SWANKEY → SWANKY an arrogant, showy, vulgar person → sl.
1889 ► BUZZARD an arrogant, oppressive person, jealous of rivalry and vindictive → US sl.
L19.. ► STUCK-UP an arrogant, snobbish, or reserved person → sl.
1910 ► CRACKERJACK an arrogant, cocky person → US sl.
1920 ► MRS. ASTOR’S BILLY GOAT → MRS. ASTOR’S COW → MRS. ASTOR’S PET COW → MRS. ASTOR’S PET HORSE → MRS. ASTOR’S PLUSH HORSE an arrogant, haughty person → US sl.
1923 ► HIGH-HAT an arrogant or conceited person; a self-important, stuck-up, or citified person; a snob → US colloq.
1923 ► WISECRACKER a person who is obnoxiously arrogant and self-assertive → Amer. sl.
1925 ► HIGH-HATTER an arrogant or conceited person; a self-important, stuck-up, or citified person; a snob → US colloq.
1931 ► BALLOON HEAD an arrogant, conceited, or stupid person; a fool, a simpleton → colloq., chiefly US
1940 ► KING SHIT an arrogant, self-opinionated person → sl., orig. US
1940 ► KING SPIT an arrogant, self-opinionated person → sl., orig. US
1941 ► SNOOT an arrogant person who ‘sticks their nose in the air’; a snob → colloq.
1950 ► BIG HOUSE NIGGER an arrogant, proud person → African-American sl.
1956 ► BADASS an arrogant and belligerent person, usually a male → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1957 ► BIG SWINGING DICK an arrogant, successful, ambitious, or aggressively bold man → sl.
1957 ► LADY MUCK an arrogant, pretentious woman of any class; a woman who is unjustifiably self-important or esteemed → UK sl.
1960 ► ZOOT-SUITER an arrogant, foolish, vulgar young man, esp. when his image is boosted by flashy clothes → US sl., derogatory
1967 ► ASTOR’S PET COW → ASTOR’S PET POODLE an arrogant or haughty person; a self-important person  Amer. dial.
1967 ► BIG FEELER an arrogant or haughty person; a person who acts important → Amer. dial.
1990 ► MISS THANG → MISS THING an arrogant, unpleasant woman → African-American sl.
1997 ► HIGHSIDER an arrogant person; a person who shows of their material wealth → US students’ sl.

VERBS
1823 ► GET ABOVE ONESELF to act in an arrogant manner; to be self-satisfied 
1847 ► BLOVIATE to speak arrogantly or pompously; to be verbose; to wander from the subject → Amer.
1871 ► MOUNT THE HIGH HORSE to behave arrogantly or pretentiously; to be overbearing or oppressive 
1882 ► SET UP A KAIM to act in an arrogant or proud manner → Sc.
1883 ► PONTIFY to assume an arrogant air of authority; to speak dogmatically or pompously → usually depreciative usage
1898 ► PONTIFICATE to behave in an arrogant or high-handed way 
20C.. ► PUT ON DAWG to behave in an arrogant manner; to ‘put on side’ → sl.
1904 ► SCORT to be arrogant; to walk proudly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1936 ► FANCY PANTS to act in an arrogant or supercilious manner → Amer. sl.
1947 ► THINK ONE’S SHIT DOESN’T STINK to behave in an arrogant and affected manner → sl., orig. US
1952 ► ACT LIKE ONE’S SHIT DOESN’T STINK to behave in an arrogant and affected manner → sl., orig. US
1960 ► ACT LIKE ONE’S SHIT DON’T SMELL to behave in an arrogant and affected manner → sl., orig. US
1960 ► ACT LIKE SHIT WOULDN’T MELT IN ONE’S MOUTH to behave in an arrogant and affected manner →  sl., orig. US
1962 ► COP AN ATTITUDE to become arrogant or insolent; to become angry → Amer. sl.
1967 ► MOW THE MUSTARD to act arrogant or self-important → Amer. dial.
1980 ► COP A TUDE to be arrogant or haughty → African-American sl.