Word Meaning 傲慢

ごうまん gouman

傲慢 is read as ごうまん (gouman) and means haughty.

Meaning

English

  1. haughty
  2. arrogant
  3. insolent
  4. proud
  5. overbearing

Reading

Kana

ごうまん

Romaji

gouman

Writing Variants

  • ごう慢 ごうまん gouman
  • 強慢 ごうまん gouman

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Antonyms 謙虚,恭謙,謙抑 Rank 9156 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

傲慢無礼

ごうまんぶれい

(arrogance and) insolence

傲慢不遜

ごうまんふそん

haughty

我慢

がまん

self-control

自慢

じまん

pride

緩慢

かんまん

lax

怠慢

たいまん

negligence

高慢

こうまん

haughty

国自慢

くにじまん

national or local pride

お国自慢

おくにじまん

boasting of one's hometown

力自慢

ちからじまん

boasting of one's strength

間接自慢

かんせつじまん

indirect bragging (esp. on social media; by casually showing off something bragworthy as if it were unintended)

女自慢

おんなじまん

a man bragging about his wife or mistress

Example Sentences

10

かれはごうまんなたいどをとった。

He took an arrogant attitude.

ごうまんはしっぱいのともだ。

Arrogance leads to failure.

That woman is very arrogant.

Tom is an arrogant jerk.

He's smart, but arrogant.

His arrogance led to his downfall.

That woman is very arrogant.

Mary is somewhat arrogant.

Tom doesn't understand the difference between confidence and arrogance.

You're an arrogant dirty foreigner who claims your dictionary is correct even though you don't understand the nuances of Japanese.