hauteur

hau·teur  (h-tûr, -tr)

n.

Haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance.

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[French, from Old French, from haut, high; see haughty.]

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hauteur [oat-ur]

Noun

haughtiness [French haut high]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hauteur - overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordliness superbia, pride - unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) condescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness - the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior contemptuousness - the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return" hubris - overbearing pride or presumption domineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness - the trait of being imperious and overbearing superiority - displaying a sense of being better than others; "he hated the white man's superiority and condescension" snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism - the trait of condescending to those of lower social status