Arrogant vs. Cocky

Arrogantadjective

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Cockyadjective

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

Arrogantadjective

Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; - applied to persons.

‘Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate.’;

Cockynoun

Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.

Arrogantadjective

Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; - applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.

Cockynoun

A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.

Arrogantadjective

having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;

‘an arrogant official’; ‘arrogant claims’; ‘chesty as a peacock’;

Cockynoun

; (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.

Cockyverb

To operate a small-scale farm.

Cockyadjective

Pert.

Cockyadjective

overly self-confident or self-assertive;

‘a very cocky young man’;