Arrogant vs Pressing - What's the difference?
arrogant | pressing | Related terms |
Needing urgent attention.
* 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
* 1841 , , Barnaby Rudge , ch. 75,
Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
* 1891 , , The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. 2,
* 1908 , , "The Duel,"
The application of pressure by a press or other means.
A metal or plastic part made with a press.
The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
Urgent insistence.
Arrogant is a related term of pressing.
As adjectives the difference between arrogant and pressing
is that arrogant is having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others while pressing is needing urgent attention.As a noun pressing is
the application of pressure by a press or other means.As a verb pressing is
.arrogant
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(arrogance)Alternative forms
* arrogaunt (obsolete)Usage notes
* Said of people, statements, etc.Synonyms
* conceited * condescending * disdainful * haughty * high-handed * narcissistic * overbearing * presumptuous * supercilious * proud * vain * See alsoAntonyms
* humble * modestDerived terms
* arrogantlyExternal links
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* ----pressing
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Argentinians support the "Malvinas" cause, which is written into the constitution. But they are also worried about pressing economic problems such as inflation, rising crime and corruption.
- “I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”
- You are very pressing , Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
- He was pressing and persuasive.