arrogant
I was amazed by the breathtaking arrogance of the man!
Once he reached a position of power, he allowed himself to be taken over by greed and arrogance.
If you show total belief in your ability, it can be seen as arrogance.
The group talk with a charming lack of arrogance about their sudden rise to stardom.
The professor's arrogance and vanity made her unpopular with colleagues and students alike.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Saddening, shocking and upsetting
affecting
agonizingly
baleful
be cold comfortidiom
bombast
distressful
distressfully
distressing
distressingly
dolorous
hurtful
hurtfully
impiously
impiousness
lacerating
teary
touching
touchingly
tragically
traumatic