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单词 haughtiness
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Definition of haughtiness in English:

haughtiness

noun ˈhɔːtɪnəsˈhɔdinəs
mass noun
  • The appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful.

    her air of haughtiness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She sails into the waves flanked by arrogance, haughtiness and false power.
    • His crushing critiques, if not born of arrogance, have at times been delivered with a haughtiness that practically swaggers across the page or the airwaves.
    • There's something so extraordinary about the pride, the haughtiness, the explicit sensuality of flamenco which is so unBritish.
    • ‘Serves you right,’ Leigh said, with mock haughtiness.
    • They perceive haughtiness, arrogance and all sorts of faults in people who are really totally indistinguishable from themselves.
    Synonyms
    arrogance, pride, conceit, hubris, self-importance, egotism, sense of superiority, pomposity, high-handedness, swagger, boasting, bumptiousness, bluster, condescension, disdain, contempt, imperiousness
    vanity, immodesty
    loftiness, lordliness, snobbishness, snobbery, superciliousness, smugness
    pretension, pretentiousness, affectation
    scorn, mocking, sneering, scoffing
    informal snootiness, uppitiness, big-headedness
 
 

Definition of haughtiness in US English:

haughtiness

nounˈhɔdinəsˈhôdēnəs
  • The appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful.

    her air of haughtiness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His crushing critiques, if not born of arrogance, have at times been delivered with a haughtiness that practically swaggers across the page or the airwaves.
    • ‘Serves you right,’ Leigh said, with mock haughtiness.
    • She sails into the waves flanked by arrogance, haughtiness and false power.
    • There's something so extraordinary about the pride, the haughtiness, the explicit sensuality of flamenco which is so unBritish.
    • They perceive haughtiness, arrogance and all sorts of faults in people who are really totally indistinguishable from themselves.
    Synonyms
    arrogance, pride, conceit, hubris, self-importance, egotism, sense of superiority, pomposity, high-handedness, swagger, boasting, bumptiousness, bluster, condescension, disdain, contempt, imperiousness
 
 
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