haughtiness
pronunciation
How to pronounce haughtiness in British English:
UK ['hɔ:tɪnəs]
How to pronounce haughtiness in American English:
US ['hɔtɪnəs]
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- Noun:
- overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Word Origin
- haughtiness (n.)
- 1550s, from haughty + -ness. Earlier was haughtness (late 15c.), from haut (adj.).
Example
- 1. Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness .
- 2. If there was a haughtiness about mr murdoch 's latest round of testimony , it was justified .
- 3. Haughtiness chisels its anger in marble . Love covers it with flowers .
- 4. Haughtiness chisels its anger in marble , and love covers it with flowers .
- 5. This haughtiness , though , may be tinged with the sting of betrayal : the pre 's auteur is jon rubinstein , who was a top apple executive before becoming palm 's ceo .