hauteur
Condescending air of superiority
Hauteur is an attitude of disdainful superiority or arrogance—the manner of someone who considers themselves above others.
The word carries a cold, aristocratic quality: She dismissed the suggestion with characteristic hauteur.
Unlike simple pride, hauteur implies looking down on others from an assumed elevation.
Scornful sense of superiority
- loftinessHeight or noble bearing
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- imperiousnessDomineering, superior demeanor
lordliness · hubris · egotism · vanity · smugness · presumption · overweening · swagger
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
sneering · contemptuousness · disparagement · belittlement · deprecation · patronizing · sniffiness · snootiness
Arrogantly authoritative
- regalOf or befitting royalty
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- statelyGrand and imposing
queenly · kingly · dignified · commanding · magisterial · elevated · noble · proud
Preference for privileged rule
- exclusivityState of being limited
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- highbornOf aristocratic birth
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
pedigree · nobility · breeding · refinement · cultivation · sophistication · gentility · establishment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
- reserveSupply kept back
- coolnessCalm self-possession
- standoffishnessUnfriendly reserve toward others
withdrawal · inaccessibility · distance · unapproachability · impassivity · self-containment · frigidity · coldness
superciliousness
Scornful sense of superiority
- loftinessHeight or noble bearing
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
imperiousness · lordliness · hubris · egotism · vanity · smugness · presumption · overweening · swagger · pride
disdain
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
dismissiveness · sneering · contemptuousness · disparagement · belittlement · deprecation · patronizing · sniffiness · snootiness · withering
imperious
Arrogantly authoritative
- regalOf or befitting royalty
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
stately · queenly · kingly · dignified · commanding · magisterial · elevated · noble · proud · upright
elitism
Preference for privileged rule
- exclusivityState of being limited
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- highbornOf aristocratic birth
blueblood · pedigree · nobility · breeding · refinement · cultivation · sophistication · gentility · establishment · privilege
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
- reserveSupply kept back
- coolnessCalm self-possession
standoffishness · withdrawal · inaccessibility · distance · unapproachability · impassivity · self-containment · frigidity · coldness · iciness
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- upper classaristocrat, nobles, baron, baroness, baronet
- dignified bearingdignity, poise, grace, composure, stateliness
- loftinessheight, altitude, elevation, grandeur, nobility
hauteurhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · meekness · unpretentiousness · lowliness
hauteurwarmth
Heat you feel
friendliness · approachability · affability · geniality · cordiality