haughtiness
scornful pride, snobbishness, or arrogance:I was accused of having an air of superiority, of haughtiness, of indifference or condescension to others.
Origin of haughtiness
1Other words from haughtiness
- o·ver·haugh·ti·ness, noun
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How to use haughtiness in a sentence
And surely big shots like these, with their haughtiness and hedonism, have it coming.
GOP Primaries Provide a Feast for Our Schadenfreude Appetite | Eric G. Wilson | January 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"He was not in my service," said Nigel, with a sudden, very English stiffness that was almost like haughtiness.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensBut he was past reason now, and he was not the man to brook haughtiness, however courteously it might be cloaked.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHe had treated the German nobility with haughtiness; this plain scholar he treated as an equal.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneWith much of his father's haughtiness of manner he combined a tactfulness and self-control which his father never exhibited.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
Then my fear left and great joy came; perhaps even some pride and haughtiness of spirit in that I had been chosen for such a task.
A Heroine of France | Evelyn Everett-Green
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