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Haughtiness synonyms

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aloofness
The state of being aloof
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  1. The state of being aloof
snobbishness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being snobbish.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being snobbish.
  2. (Countable) The result or product of being snobbish.
arrogance
The quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
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  1. The quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
hauteur
Haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance.
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  1. Haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance.
  2. Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness
  3. Disdainful pride; haughtiness; snobbery
loftiness
The state of being lofty.
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  1. The state of being lofty.
  2. Arrogance or haughtiness
lordliness
The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
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  1. The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
presumption
(Law) The inference that a fact exists, based on the proved existence of other facts
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  1. (Law) The inference that a fact exists, based on the proved existence of other facts
  2. (Law) A conclusion applied by law as to the correctness of some fact, ordinarily subject to rebuttal by contrary evidence.
  3. A legal assumption that something is a fact based upon another proven fact or set thereof. The presumption is given sufficient weight, once established, that an even greater amount of evidence to the contrary would be needed in order to contravene it. It has the effect of shifting the burden of proof or that of producing evidence to the opposing party. See inference. A legal assumption that something is a fact based upon another proven fact or set thereof. The presumption is given sufficient weight, once established, that an even greater amount of evidence to the contrary would be needed in order to contravene it. It has the effect of shifting the burden of proof or that of producing evidence to the opposing party. See inference.
pride
The most successful or thriving condition; prime:
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  1. The most successful or thriving condition; prime:
  2. Delight or satisfaction in one's own or another's achievements, in associations, etc.
  3. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association:
pridefulness
The state or condition of being prideful; pride.
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  1. The state or condition of being prideful; pride.
proudness
(Mostly archaic) Pride.
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  1. (Mostly archaic) Pride.
superciliousness
The state or quality of being supercilious.
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  1. The state or quality of being supercilious.
superiority
An instance of this
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  1. An instance of this
  2. The state of being superior
  3. The state or quality of being superior, or higher, greater, better, etc.
Find another word for haughtiness. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for haughtiness, like: insolence, aloofness, snobbishness, arrogance, arrogance, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness and presumption.

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  • having all his fathers ambition with much of his strength and haughtiness, longed to get away from Germany and to claim these remoter districts.

  • The papal letters were translated into Persian, and thence into Mongol, and so presented to Baiju; but the Tatars were greatly irritated by the haughtiness of the Dominicans.

  • He had in fact already summoned a Russian army corps to assist him to reform his country, which sufficiently explains his own haughtiness and the unwonted compliancy of the rival magnates.

  • His chief fault is his overweening haughtiness, due to an over-exalted opinion of his position, which leads him to insult Chryses and Achilles, thereby bringing great disaster upon the Greeks.

  • But his haughtiness and love of power are undeniable, and he was perhaps too great a party-leader to be a great statesman.

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