Hauteur

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hauteur \Hau`teur"\ (h[=o]`t[~e]r"), n. [F., fr. haut high. See
     {Haughty}.]
     Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hauteur
       n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
           inferiors [syn: {arrogance}, {haughtiness}, {highhandedness},
            {lordliness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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