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high-and-mighty

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high-and-might·y (hn-mt)
adj.
Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
high and mighty adv. & n.
high′-and-might′y

adj.
haughty; arrogant.
[1150–1200]
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.high-and-mighty - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted powerhigh-and-mighty - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
autocratic, bossy, peremptory, magisterial, dominating
domineering - tending to domineer
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