haughtiness
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- noun
- /ˈhɔːtɪnəs/
:
arrogancia
- People often mistook her confidence for haughtiness, but she simply knew her worth.
- a certain haughtiness
Let us avoid all arrogance, haughtiness and pride.
- Let us avoid all arrogance, haughtiness and pride.
- The resentments of the white working class that the snootiness and haughtiness of the liberal elites.
- No, No, because empowered implies to other people a haughtiness.
Examples
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I had a haughtiness that I've worked hard to banish.
Fiction book (2000) -
Both the middling sort and the elite were advised not to command servants too loudly, too hastily, or with haughtiness, but softly, mildly, courteously.
Academic text (1996) -
Let us avoid all arrogance, haughtiness and pride.
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"Does my haughtiness offend you?
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Haughtiness banished, she proceeded to live her happy life.
Fiction book (2000) -
His rejection of her proves his exalted ambitions and haughtiness.
Academic text (2004) -
Haughtiness, pride, and arrogance, but with excessive ignorance and simple-mindedness, is how you come across.
Blog text (9) -
And tall, imposing British matrons, with something of the haughtiness of old Rome in their bearing—the mothers and wives of conquerors.
Blog text (22) -
His haughtiness was evident in the way he dismissed others without a second thought.
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The actress portrayed her character's haughtiness with a perfect mix of arrogance and charm.
Synonyms
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Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
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An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
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A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
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Being someone who thinks they are better than people with less money or social position and looks down on them
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A proud, unfriendly way of acting that shows you feel better than others
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Treating people in a rude, bossy way and not listening to them
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A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people
A feeling that you are better than other people
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Acting as if more important or better than other people
A way of acting as if one is better than other people
Behaving proudly and as if one is better than others
A way of behaving that shows you do not care about others
Antonyms
How Arrogant
- Literature
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Haughtiness comes from the Old French root haut, meaning 'high', and is like the English word high. Imagine someone standing 'high' above other people and looking down, and that image helps explain why haughtiness means being proud and looking down on others.