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"Arrogant" in Russian

Russian word of the day | Apr 26, 2022 (see all)
высокоме́рный
[ vy-sa-ka-myér-nyî ]
arrogant, insolent, haughty, supercilious

Morphemic analysis

высокомерный
root: высок
connecting vowel: о
root: мер
suffix: н
ending: ый

Etymology

высоко + мера - high + measure
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Examples of "Arrogant" in Russian

  • Высокоме́рные лю́ди о́чень ре́дко име́ют настоя́щих и ве́рных друзе́й.

    vy-sa-ka-myér-ny-ye lyú-dee ó-cheen' ryét-ka ee-myé-yut nas-ta-yá-scheeh ee vyér-nyh dru-zyéî

    Arrogant people rarely have real and true friends.

  • Э́то был настоя́щий аристокра́т, изы́сканно любе́зный с же́нщинами и слегка́ высокоме́рный с мужчи́нами, кото́рые зави́довали его́ успе́хам.

    é-ta byl nas-ta-yá-scheeî a-rees-ta-krát, ee-zýs-kan-na lyu-byéz-nyî s zhén-schee-ná-mee ee sleeh-ká vy-sa-ka-myér-nyî s mu-schée-na-mee, ka-tó-ry-ye za-vée-da-va-lee ye-vó us-pyé-ham

    He was a real aristocrat, exquisitely amiable with women and slightly arrogant with men who were jealous of his success. (Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, 1910)

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Same stem words

высокоме́рие [vy-sa-ka-myé-ree-ye] Noun , neuter
haughtiness, arrogance, superciliousness
приме́рочная [pree-myé-rach-na-ya] Noun , feminine
fitting-room
разме́р [raz-myér] Noun , masculine
size

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