- 1. n. The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance. Source: opted
- 2. n. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors Source: wordnet
- 3. The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance. Syn. -- Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. -- 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. Source: webster
- 4. n:100 n overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors Source: ecdict
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