Hauteur
Hauteur noun - An exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims.
Usage example: she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed
Pomposity
Pomposity noun - An exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims.
Usage example: restaurant reviews that are written with a pomposity that will leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- condescension and hauteur
- condescension and pomposity
- conceit and hauteur
- conceit and pomposity
- loftiness and hauteur
- loftiness and pomposity
- pride and hauteur
- pride and pomposity
- pretension and hauteur
- pretension and pomposity
- presumption and hauteur
- presumption and pomposity
- disdain and hauteur
- disdain and pomposity
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Pomposity and Hauteur. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hauteur/pomposity
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