What does haughtiness mean?
Definitions for haughtiness
haugh·ti·ness
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word haughtiness.
Princeton's WordNet
arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordlinessnoun
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Wiktionary
haughtinessnoun
The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Haughtinessnoun
Pride; arrogance; the quality of being haughty.
Etymology: from haughty.
By the head we make known our supplications, our threatnings, our mildness, our haughtiness, our love, and our hatred. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
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haughtiness
Haughtiness refers to the state or characteristic of being arrogantly superior, disdainful or proud. It is an inflated sense of one's own worth, importance, or superiority, often leading to contempt for others.
Webster Dictionary
Haughtinessnoun
the quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of haughtiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of haughtiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of haughtiness in a Sentence
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment and its wars.
Some people, you would think, are made up of nothing but title and genealogy; the stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity, and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below them to exercise good nature or good manners.
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