HAUGHTINESSES

Noun

haughtinesses

plural of haughtiness

Source: Wiktionary

HAUGHTINESS

Haugh"ti*ness, n. Etym: [For hauteinness. See Haughty.]

Definition: The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Syn.

– Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness.

– 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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