high-and-mighty

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high-and-might·y

(hī′ən-mī′tē)
adj.
Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
high and mighty adv. & n.
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high′-and-might′y



adj.
haughty; arrogant.
[1150–1200]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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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high-and-mighty

adjective
Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance:
arrogant, haughty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior.
Idiom: on one's high horse.
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