haughtiness
Condescending air displayed
Haughtiness is an attitude of superiority and disdain toward others, the quality of looking down on people as beneath you.
It suggests not just pride but visible contempt—the raised chin, the dismissive glance: Her haughtiness made it impossible to approach her.
The word carries strong disapproval; no one describes their own manner as haughty.
Exaggerated self-admiration
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
snobbery · smugness · condescension · loftiness · presumption · overconfidence · boastfulness · swagger
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
snubbing · dismissiveness · looking down · disparagement · mockery · ridicule · cold shoulder · turning up nose
Preference for privileged rule
- lordlinessNoble, commanding manner
- exclusivityState of being limited
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
entitlement · class consciousness · talking down · queen bee · holier-than-thou · above it all
conceit
Exaggerated self-admiration
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
self-importance · snobbery · smugness · condescension · loftiness · presumption · overconfidence · boastfulness · swagger · uppishness
disdain
Scornful disregard
condescension · snubbing · dismissiveness · looking down · disparagement · mockery · ridicule · cold shoulder · turning up nose · aloofness
elitism
Preference for privileged rule
- lordlinessNoble, commanding manner
- exclusivityState of being limited
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
imperious · entitlement · class consciousness · talking down · queen bee · holier-than-thou · above it all
- contemptcontempt, scorn, disdain, despise, derision
- ego displaysvanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio, self-aggrandizement
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
- vanityconceit, narcissism, ego, self-admiration, self-love
haughtinesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
humbleness · modesty · meekness · unpretentiousness · lowliness
haughtinesssubmissiveness
Disposition to obey others
meekness · timidity · shyness · bashfulness · diffidence
haughtinessfriendliness
Warm, welcoming disposition
warmth · graciousness · affability · approachability · cordiality
high, altitude, arrogance, haughty, hauteur, haughtily, overbearingness, haughtier, haughtiest