'Hauteur' definitions:
Definition of 'hauteur'
(from WordNet)
noun
Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]
Definition of 'Hauteur'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'hauteur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Olympian detachment,
- Olympian loftiness,
- 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