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
Vainglory
Vainglory noun - An often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements.
Hauteur and vainglory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hauteur" instead a noun "Vainglory".
Nearby Word: vainglorious
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- condescension and hauteur
- condescension and vainglory
- conceit and hauteur
- conceit and vainglory
- loftiness and hauteur
- loftiness and vainglory
- pride and hauteur
- pride and vainglory
- pretension and hauteur
- pretension and vainglory
- presumption and hauteur
- presumption and vainglory
- swagger and hauteur
- swagger and vainglory
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Vainglory and Hauteur. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hauteur/vainglory
Hauteur & Vainglory. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hauteur/vainglory>.
Vainglory or Hauteur. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hauteur/vainglory.
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