Arrogant, Overbearing and Haughty 盛氣凌人，專橫，傲慢
Arrogant, Overbearing and Haughty 盛氣凌人，專橫，傲慢
Hi! Can you tell me the differences between the words arrogant, overbearing and haughty?
From Chu Huang
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Sometimes we meet people who's behaviour can be annoying and irritating. They think they are better than you or they know it all.
There are a number of words in the English language we can use to describe them and our question this week is about three of them – arrogant, overbearing and haughty.
These words have subtle differences. An arrogant person can be unpleasantly proud and think they are more important than others.
A haughty person has a attitude of superiority and an overbearing person can be very confident and determined to tell others what to do.
Am I being arrogant, overbearing or haughty?
Join Rob and Li in Question and Answer of the Week as they explain more about the words but not in a haughty style!
Do you have a question about learning English? 你有沒有英語學習上的問題 Then email us at chinaelt@bbc.co.uk.
