hubristic
Dangerously self-assured
Hubristic describes excessive pride or arrogance, especially the kind that invites downfall.
The word carries a sense of overreaching—confidence so inflated it blinds someone to their limitations: His hubristic assumption that he couldn't lose cost him everything.
The term often appears in contexts where someone's arrogance proves to be their undoing.
Excessively self-centered
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
self-important · vain · imperious · overbearing · domineering · disdainful · contemptuous · snobbish
Excessively self-assured
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- self-assuredTrusting in oneself
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- complacentUncritically self-satisfied
brazen · self-satisfied · swaggering · boastful · brash · overweening · vainglorious · self-congratulatory
Persistent source of ruin
- downfallSudden loss of power
- hamartiaFatal error causing downfall
- overreachExceed one's capacity
- fatalCausing death or ruin
doomed · ill-fated · catastrophic · ruinous · undoing · comeuppance · retribution · cautionary
Recklessly bold
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- overboldExcessively daring, rash
incautious · unwise · imprudent · injudicious · headstrong · overreaching · blind · unheeding
Boldly rude and disrespectful
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
transgressive · blasphemous · impious · sacrilegious · titan · promethean · taboo-breaking
egotistical
Excessively self-centered
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
pompous · self-important · vain · imperious · overbearing · domineering · disdainful · contemptuous · snobbish · lofty
cocky
Excessively self-assured
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- self-assuredTrusting in oneself
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
complacent · brazen · self-satisfied · swaggering · boastful · brash · overweening · vainglorious · self-congratulatory · puffed-up
nemesis
Persistent source of ruin
fatal · doomed · ill-fated · catastrophic · ruinous · undoing · comeuppance · retribution · cautionary
foolhardy
Recklessly bold
overbold · incautious · unwise · imprudent · injudicious · headstrong · overreaching · blind · unheeding · thoughtless
insolent
Boldly rude and disrespectful
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- defiantOpenly resisting control
provocative · transgressive · blasphemous · impious · sacrilegious · titan · promethean · taboo-breaking
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
hubristichumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · self-effacing · unassuming · self-deprecating · meek
hubristicreverent
Feeling profound respect
deferential · pious · respectful · god-fearing · submissive