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单词 hauteur
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hauteur

(oʊtɜːʳ, US hoʊtʊr)
uncountable noun
You can use hauteur to describe behaviour which you think is proud and arrogant.
[formal, disapproval]
Once, she had been put off by his hauteur.
Synonyms: haughtiness, pride, arrogance, airs More Synonyms of hauteur

hauteur in British English

(əʊˈtɜː)
noun
pride; haughtiness
Word origin
C17: from French, from haut high; see haughty

hauteur in American English

(hoʊˈtɜr)
noun
disdainful pride; haughtiness; snobbery
Word origin
Fr < haut: see haughty

Examples of 'hauteur' in a sentence
hauteur

She may have declined to be named out of aristocratic hauteur.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But a certain hauteur and luxury should be considered.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
(noun) 
Definition
haughtiness
She had been put off by his hauteur.
Synonyms
haughtiness
She lacks the arrogance and haughtiness of so many musical artists.
pride
His pride may still be his downfall.
arrogance
At times, the arrogance of those in power is quite blatant.
airs
dignity
Everyone admired her extraordinary dignity and composure.
contempt
disdain
She looked at him with disdain.
snobbishness
loftiness
stateliness
superciliousness
affectedness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arrogance
At times, the arrogance of those in power is quite blatant.
Synonyms
conceit,
pride,
swagger,
pretension,
presumption,
bluster,
hubris,
pomposity,
insolence,
hauteur,
pretentiousness,
high-handedness,
haughtiness,
loftiness,
imperiousness,
pompousness,
superciliousness,
lordliness,
conceitedness,
contemptuousness,
scornfulness,
uppishness (British, informal),
disdainfulness,
overweeningness
in the sense of dignity
Definition
serious, calm, and controlled behaviour or manner
Everyone admired her extraordinary dignity and composure.
Synonyms
decorum,
breeding,
gravity,
majesty,
grandeur,
respectability,
nobility,
propriety,
solemnity,
gentility,
courtliness,
loftiness,
stateliness
in the sense of disdain
Definition
a feeling of superiority and dislike
She looked at him with disdain.
Synonyms
contempt,
dislike,
scorn,
arrogance,
indifference,
sneering,
derision,
hauteur,
snobbishness,
contumely (literary),
haughtiness,
superciliousness

Nearby words of
hauteur

  • haunt
  • haunted
  • haunting
  • hauteur
  • have
  • have a down on something or someone
  • have a fit

Synonyms of 'hauteur'

hauteur

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