Haughtiness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Haughtiness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Haughtiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haughtiness n overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors Synonym(s): arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haughtiness \Haugh"tiness\, n. [For hauteinness. See {Haughty}.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance. Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. Usage: {Haughtiness}, {Arrogance}, {Disdain}. Haughtiness* denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.