haughtiness
haughtiness · haughtinesses
зарозумілість, гордовитість, зверхність, пиха
высокомерие, надменность
Hoffart
The state or property of being haughtyThe state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
Hoffart
высокоме́риеvysokomérije, надме́нностьnadménnostʹ
зарозумі́лістьzarozumílistʹ, гордови́тістьhordovýtistʹ, зве́рхністьzvérxnistʹ
More definitions
- overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
the property of being haughty:
Русский
By meaning 1
the property of being haughty:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the property of being haughty:
Origin
From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty + -ness.
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Forms
plural: haughtinesses| Singular | haughtiness |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors:arrogancehauteurhigh-handednesslordliness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhaughty
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable