Haughtiness
['hɔ:tinis]
Definition
(n.) The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Arrogance, disdain, loftiness, HAUTEUR.
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Examples
- Let him alone, Ma,' Miss Lavvy interposed with haughtiness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I would she had retained her original haughtiness of disposition, or that I had a larger share of Front-de-Boeuf's thrice-tempered hardness of heart! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Neither did I know the loftiness and haughtiness of Lady Dedlock's face, at all, in any one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her roused temper made her color deeply, as she returned his greeting with some haughtiness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Haughtiness is not conceit; I call Fred conceited. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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