hauteur

hauteur

arrogance; a haughty manner
Not to be confused with:auteur – a film director or producer who controls a production and gives the film its unique style

hau·teur

H0086100 (hō-tûr′, ō-tœr′)n. Haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance.

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

hauteur

(əʊˈtɜː) npride; haughtiness[C17: from French, from haut high; see haughty]

hau•teur

(hoʊˈtɜr, oʊˈtɜr)

n. haughty manner or spirit; arrogance. [1620–30; < French, =haut high (see haughty) + -eur -or¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hauteur - overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiorsarrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordlinesssuperbia, 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 inferiorcontemptuousness - the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"hubris - overbearing pride or presumptiondomineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness - the trait of being imperious and overbearingsuperiority - 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

hauteur

noun haughtiness, pride, arrogance, airs, dignity, contempt, disdain, snobbishness, loftiness, stateliness, superciliousness, affectedness She had been put off by his hauteur.

hauteur

nounThe quality of being arrogant:arrogance, haughtiness, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness, proudness, superciliousness, superiority.

Translations

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