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orgulous

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɡjʊləs/
  • General-American: /ˈɔɹɡjələs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Arrogant, haughty, proud.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disdainful, prideful, airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, boastful, lordly, bombastic, buggish, cocky, conceited, domineering, egotistical, entitled, flatulent, flaunting, full of oneself, glorious, grandiose, hankty, haught, haughty, haut, high-handed, high-hat, high and mighty, highfalutin, hoity-toity, holier-than-thou, hubristic, hubristical, imperious, inflated, insolent, la-di-da, orgulous, ostentatious, overbearing, overweening, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, priggish, puffed up, sanctimonious, self-important, snobbish, snooty, snotty, stout, stuck up, supercilious, thrasonic, thrasonical, toploftical, toplofty, tumid, turgid, uppish, uppity, uppy, upstage, vain

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Ostentatious; showy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Swollen; augmented; excessive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1967, John T. Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks, reprinted in Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, edited by Michael Moorcock The smile became an orange balloon, orgulous and threatening.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Dangerous, threatening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, derived from Old French orgueilleus, orgoillus (“proud”), from orgoill, orgueil (“pride”), from Old Dutch *urgol (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“excellent”), Old English orgol (“pride”). Perhaps from a Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju; compare Old English or- (“out”), *gōl (“boast; showiness; pomp; splendor”) (related to Old English galan (“to sing”), whence Modern English gale). Also, possibly, in part from Old French orgoill, derived from Vulgar Latin *orgōllia, *orgōlla, from Proto-West Germanic *orgōllja, from the same Proto-Germanic source. Cognate with Old High German urguol, urguoli, urgilo (“pride”), Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo, Portuguese orgulho, among many other Romance cognates.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գոռոզ (goṙoz) — proud, haughty
  • Armenian: ամբարտավան (ambartavan) — proud, haughty
  • Dutch: hoogmoedig — proud, haughty
  • Dutch: hooghartig — proud, haughty
  • Finnish: ylpeä — proud, haughty
  • Finnish: koppava — proud, haughty
  • French: fier — proud, haughty
  • French: hautain — proud, haughty
  • French: dédaigneux — proud, haughty
  • French: méprisant — proud, haughty
  • French: orgueilleux — proud, haughty
  • French: vaniteux — proud, haughty
  • German: stolz — proud, haughty
  • Italian: orgoglioso — proud, haughty
  • Italian: altezzoso — proud, haughty
  • Italian: fiero — proud, haughty
  • Japanese: 誇り高き (hokoritakaki) — proud, haughty
  • Korean: 거만(倨慢)하다 (geomanhada) — proud, haughty
  • Portuguese: orgulhoso — proud, haughty
  • Russian: го́рдый (górdyj) — proud, haughty
  • Spanish: orgulloso — proud, haughty
  • Swedish: högmodig — proud, haughty
  • Swedish: högfärdig — proud, haughty
  • Finnish: komea — ostentatious, showy
  • Finnish: näyttävä — ostentatious, showy
  • French: ostentatoire — ostentatious, showy
  • Italian: ostentato — ostentatious, showy
  • Italian: appariscente — ostentatious, showy
  • Italian: vistoso — ostentatious, showy
  • Japanese: 派手な (hadena) — ostentatious, showy
  • Dutch: vergroot — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Dutch: overmatige — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Finnish: paisunut — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Finnish: koppava — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • French: excessif — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • French: ampoulé — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • German: ergänzt — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • German: übermäßige — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Italian: aumentato — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Italian: eccessivo — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Italian: smodato — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Spanish: aumentada — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Spanish: excesiva — swollen, augmented, excessive
  • Danish: truende — threatening, dangerous
  • Danish: farlig — threatening, dangerous
  • Dutch: bedreigend — threatening, dangerous
  • Dutch: gevaarlijk — threatening, dangerous
  • Finnish: uhkaava — threatening, dangerous
  • French: menaçant — threatening, dangerous
  • French: dangereux — threatening, dangerous
  • German: bedrohlich — threatening, dangerous
  • German: gefährlich — threatening, dangerous
  • Italian: minaccioso — threatening, dangerous
  • Italian: pericoloso — threatening, dangerous
  • Norwegian: truende — threatening, dangerous
  • Norwegian: farlig — threatening, dangerous
  • Persian: خطرناک — threatening, dangerous
  • Portuguese: ameaçador — threatening, dangerous
  • Spanish: amenazante — threatening, dangerous
  • Spanish: peligroso — threatening, dangerous
  • Swedish: hotande — threatening, dangerous
  • Swedish: farlig — threatening, dangerous