Haughtiness
1Haughtiness — Haugh ti*ness, n. [For hauteinness. See {Haughty}.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance. Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. Usage: {Haughtiness}, {Arrogance}, {Disdain}. Haughtiness denotes the… …
2haughtiness — index contumely, disdain, pride Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3haughtiness — 1550s, from HAUGHTY (Cf. haughty) + NESS (Cf. ness). Earlier was haughtness (late 15c.) …
4haughtiness — [n] air of supremacy aloofness, arrogance, conceit, contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, disdainfulness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, pomposity, pride, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness; concept 633 Ant. humility, meekness …
5haughtiness — haughty ► ADJECTIVE (haughtier, haughtiest) ▪ arrogantly superior and disdainful. DERIVATIVES haughtily adverb haughtiness noun. ORIGIN Old French hault high from Latin altus …
6haughtiness — noun see haughty …
7haughtiness — See haughtily. * * * …
8haughtiness — noun The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery …
9haughtiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insolence, aloofness, snobbishness; see arrogance . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being arrogant: arrogance, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbear ingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness,… …
10haughtiness — sb. RG. 29 …
