| Main Entry: | loftiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
Synonyms: |
airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, lordliness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, overbearingness, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, priggishness, proudness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, superiority, swagger, vanity |
| Main Entry: | altitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | height in the sky |
Synonyms: |
apex, distance, elevation, eminence, loftiness, peak, summit |
Antonyms: |
depth |
| Main Entry: | arrogance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated self-opinion |
Synonyms: |
airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, priggishness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, swagger, vanity |
Antonyms: |
humility, meekness, servility |
| Main Entry: | condescension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disdain, superiority |
Synonyms: |
airs, civility, deference, haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, patronage, patronizing attitude, superciliousness, toleration |
Antonyms: |
friendliness, humility, inferiority |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
Synonyms: |
address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, morality, nobleness, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, seemliness, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, stature, status, sublimity, virtue, worth, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
lowliness |
| Main Entry: | disdain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate; indifference |
Synonyms: |
antipathy, arrogance, aversion, contempt, contumely, derision, despisal, despisement, despite, dislike, disparagement, hatred, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, pride, ridicule, scorn, sneering, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness |
| Notes: | contempt is a more engaged, more involved feeling of disapproval than disdain |
Antonyms: |
admiration, esteem, favor, like, love, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | elevation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, promotion |
Synonyms: |
aggrandizement, apotheosis, boost, deification, eminence, ennoblement, exaltation, exaltedness, glorification, grandeur, immortalization, lionization, loftiness, magnification, nobility, nobleness, preference, preferment, prelation, raise, sublimity, upgrading |
Antonyms: |
demotion, disdain, spurning |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, fame |
Synonyms: |
authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, influence, kudos, loftiness, notability, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, significance, standing, superiority, weight |
Antonyms: |
inferiority, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high ground |
Synonyms: |
altitude, elevation, height, highland, highness, hill, hillock, knoll, loftiness, peak, project, prominence, promontory, raise, ridge, rise, summit, upland |
Antonyms: |
flat, low ground |
| Main Entry: | exaltation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion, praise |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, advancement, aggrandizement, apotheosis, applause, blessing, dignity, elevation, eminence, ennoblement, extolment, glorification, glory, grandeur, high rank, homage, honor, idolization, laudation, lionization, loftiness, magnification, panegyric, plaudits, prestige, reverence, rise, tribute, upgrading, uplifting, worship |
Antonyms: |
castigation, condemnation, criticism, debasement, denunciation, humiliation |