high-and-mighty
20
8.2
- adjective
- Offensive
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- When he received a promotion, he became high-and-mighty and refused to listen to anyone's ideas.
- so high-and-mighty
- get high-and-mighty
- too high-and-mighty
OK at the risk of sounding high and mighty, my thing is work.
- OK at the risk of sounding high and mighty, my thing is work.
- Whatever it is that when it is done and it works, that the narcissist isn't so high and mighty and they may actually face some consequences.
- When you come from acceptance, and I'm not saying this from some high and mighty thing, I think you can tell that I struggle with this shit.
Examples
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We talk about being a high and mighty country, yet we can't get our act together.
Blog text (24) -
No one is immune, despite what some high-and-mighty fools may believe.
Blog text (23) -
What are you getting so high and mighty for?
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God, you are so high and mighty.
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Are you too high and mighty?
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You got no call to act high and mighty with me.
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Learn the way the process works before you get all high and mighty, chief.
Blog text (22) -
What made him so high and mighty?
Fiction book (1991) -
Don't get all high and mighty with me.
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You think you're so high and mighty.
Synonyms
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
157
2.0
Acting proud and serious to show you think you are better than others
149
5.5
Acting as if more important than others
74
7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
65
7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
57
5.8
Acting more important and formal than necessary
14
8.1
Acting proud and looking down on other people
4
9.3
Behaving or speaking in a fancy way to seem more important
3
8.1
Using power in a rude way that ignores other people's views
3
8.6
Acting like you are better than other people
2
9.8
Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you
1
8.2
Seeming important or impressive but lacking real meaning and honesty
1
7.9
Showing a strong, commanding way of speaking or acting
1
6.7
Thinking you are better than other people and acting proud
1
8.0
Acting very proud and treating others as unimportant
1
9.9
Very fancy in a way that shows you think you are better than others
Showing off and acting more important than others
Antonyms
How Arrogant
30
5.8
260
4.5
- Offensive
20
8.2
14
8.1
- Offensive
7
5.3
13
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The phrase high-and-mighty joins high ('above') and mighty ('powerful'), so it paints a picture of someone who thinks they are above others. That's why a high-and-mighty person acts proud and bossy.