Hauteur \Hau`teur"\ (h[=o]`t[~e]r"), n. [F., fr. haut high. See
Haughty.]
Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hauteur
n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, highhandedness,
lordliness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "hauteur":
Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, airs, altitude, arrogance,
arrogantness, assumption of superiority, ceiling, clannishness,
cliquishness, condescendence, condescension, contempt,
contemptuousness, contumely, despite, disdain, disdainfulness,
disparagement, domineering, domineeringness, elevation, eminence,
exaltation, exclusiveness, haughtiness, haughty airs, height,
heighth, high horse, highness, hoity-toitiness, hoity-toity,
insult, loftiness, morgue, overbearing pride, overbearingness,
overweening pride, patronization, patronizing,
patronizing attitude, perpendicular distance, pride, prominence,
proudness, purse-pride, ridicule, scorn, scornfulness, side,
sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snottiness,
sovereign contempt, stature, stiff-necked pride, sublimity,
superbia, superciliousness, tallness, toploftiness, uppishness,
uppityness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arrogance, haughtiness, highhandedness, lordliness
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