Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
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nounoverbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Broader
pridesuperbia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle English-nesse
- Old Frenchhautain
- Middle Englishhautein“proud, haughty”
- Middle Englishhauteynesse
- Englishhaughtiness
From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty + -ness.
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Ancient Greek βρένθος
- βρένθος (brénthos)the property of being haughty
Arabic عَجْرَفَة, كِبْرِيَاء
- عَجْرَفَة (ʕajrafa)the property of being haughty
- كِبْرِيَاء (kibriyāʔ)the property of being haughty
Bulgarian арога́нтност, надменност
- арога́нтност (arogántnost)the property of being haughty
- надменност (nadmennost)the property of being haughty
- високомерие (visokomerie)the property of being haughty
Catalan supèrbia
- supèrbiathe property of being haughty
Chinese Mandarin 傲慢
- 傲慢 (àomàn)the property of being haughty
Finnish ylimielisyys
- ylimielisyysthe property of being haughty
French orgueil, hautaineté
- orgueilthe property of being haughty
- hautainetéthe property of being haughty
German Hoffart
- Hoffartthe property of being haughty
Greek ακαταδεξιά
- ακαταδεξιά (akatadexiá)the property of being haughty
Hindi अभिमान, घमंड
- अभिमान (abhimān)the property of being haughty
- घमंड (ghamaṇḍ)the property of being haughty
Hungarian gőg, dölyf
- gőgthe property of being haughty
- dölyfthe property of being haughty
Icelandic dramb
- drambthe property of being haughty
Irish airdiúlacht, móiréis
- airdiúlachtthe property of being haughty
- móiréisthe property of being haughty
- mórtasthe property of being haughty
- teidealachtthe property of being haughty
- toirtéisthe property of being haughty
Italian superbia, fierezza
- superbiathe property of being haughty
- fierezzathe property of being haughty
- sufficienzathe property of being haughty
- sicumerathe property of being haughty
- sussiegothe property of being haughty
- supponenzathe property of being haughty
- albagiathe property of being haughty
- altezzositàthe property of being haughty
- alterezzathe property of being haughty
- boriositàthe property of being haughty
- burbanzathe property of being haughty
- orgogliositàthe property of being haughty
Latin superbia, arrogantia
- superbiathe property of being haughty
- arrogantiathe property of being haughty
- īnsolentiathe property of being haughty
- exaltātiōthe property of being haughty
Latvian lepnība
- lepnībathe property of being haughty
Polish buta, wyniosłość
- butathe property of being haughty
- wyniosłośćthe property of being haughty
- zarozumiałośćthe property of being haughty
Portuguese potra, altanaria
- potrathe property of being haughty
- altanariathe property of being haughty
- orgulhothe property of being haughty
- altivezthe property of being haughty
Romanian trufie, trufă
- trufiethe property of being haughty
- trufăthe property of being haughty
- mândriethe property of being haughty
Russian высокоме́рие, надме́нность
- высокоме́рие (vysokomérije)the property of being haughty
- надме́нность (nadménnostʹ)the property of being haughty
Spanish soberbia, altanería
- soberbiathe property of being haughty
- altaneríathe property of being haughty
- altivezthe property of being haughty
- orgullothe property of being haughty
Swedish högfärd, arrogans
- högfärdthe property of being haughty
- arrogansthe property of being haughty
Tamil அகங்காரம்
- அகங்காரம் (akaṅkāram)the property of being haughty
Turkish kibir
- kibirthe property of being haughty
Ukrainian зарозумі́лість, гордови́тість
- зарозумі́лість (zarozumílistʹ)the property of being haughty
- гордови́тість (hordovýtistʹ)the property of being haughty
- зве́рхність (zvérxnistʹ)the property of being haughty
- пиха́ (pyxá)the property of being haughty
- пиха́тість (pyxátistʹ)the property of being haughty
Urdu ابھمان, گھمنڈ
- ابھمان (abhimān)the property of being haughty
- گھمنڈ (ghamaṇḍ)the property of being haughty
Welsh trahauster, balchder
- trahausterthe property of being haughty
- balchderthe property of being haughty
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haughtiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haughtiness
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“haughtiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haughtiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haughtiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haughtiness.
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