Hh: Hauteur

Noun

haughtiness [French haut high]

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Noun

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hauteur - overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordliness superbia, pride - unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) condescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness - the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior contemptuousness - the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return" hubris - overbearing pride or presumption domineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness - the trait of being imperious and overbearing superiority - displaying a sense of being better than others; "he hated the white man's superiority and condescension" snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism - the trait of condescending to those of lower social status

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Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor

Dom Claude contented himself with replying, with tranquil hauteur.