Definitions for: Haughtiness

[n] overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Webster (1913) Definition: 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 expression of conscious and proud
superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for
one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to
the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of
condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and
desires others to feel how far below ourselves we
consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and
demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and
deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference
which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.

Synonyms: arrogance, highhandedness, lordliness

See Also: condescension, disdainfulness, domineeringness, hubris, imperiousness, overbearingness, pride, snobbery, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority

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