As adjectives the difference between arrogant and pertinacious
is that arrogant is having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others while pertinacious is holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
arrogant
English
(arrogance)
Alternative forms
* arrogaunt (obsolete)
Adjective
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en adjective)
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.
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Usage notes
* Said of people, statements, etc.
Synonyms
* conceited
* condescending
* disdainful
* haughty
* high-handed
* narcissistic
* overbearing
* presumptuous
* supercilious
* proud
* vain
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Antonyms
* humble
* modest
Derived terms
* arrogantly
Related terms
* arrogance
* arrogancy
* arrogate
* arrogation
* arrogantness
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pertinacious
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
* 1884', , "The Path of Duty" in ''The English Illustrated Magazine'' ' 2 (15): 240–256.
*:He would really have to make up his mind to care for his wife or not to care for her. What would Lady Vandeleur say to one alternative, and what would little Joscelind say to the other? That is what it was to have a pertinacious father and to be an accommodating son.
Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
Synonyms
* See also
Related terms
* pertinaciousness
* pertinacity
