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haughtiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arrogance, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
| Type of | pride, superbia |
| Has types | disdainfulness, domineeringness, hubris, imperiousness, overbearingness, snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism, superciliousness, condescension, superiority, contemptuousness |
| Derivation | haughty |
Examples of haughtiness
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The high forehead and the suppressed haughtiness ar en't immediately winning.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
I expected to dislike the extravagance and haughtiness of the Riviera but I didn't.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
His haughtiness seemed to spring from the money and entitlement of his sport.
From the stltoday.com
And talking of eyes, don't be misled by the Parisian's apparent haughtiness.
From the nzherald.co.nz
There's a disdain there, a haughtiness you won't find in many other places.
From the suntimes.com
They went after a quarterback whose haughtiness makes him an easy target.
From the sfgate.com
Mother played an exiled French aristocrat with impeccable haughtiness.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It cemented Bordeaux's entitled, Gallic haughtiness even as the town itself went to seed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Others dislike his thin-skinned haughtiness and infuriating evasiveness.
From the economist.com
- Arrogance: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- (haughty) disdainful: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy ...
- HMS Haughty was a which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by William Doxford & Sons on 18 September 1895, served in home waters, and was sold on 10 April 1912.
- The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery
- (haughty) Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious
- (haughty) arrogant, condescending
- (n) - pride, arrogance
