high-and-mighty \high-and-mighty\ a.
conceited and arrogant; imperious.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
high-and-mighty
adj : 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" [syn: autocratic, bossy,
dominating, magisterial, peremptory]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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