hauteur
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.hau·teur
noun \hȯ-ˈtər, (h)ō-\Definition of HAUTEUR
Examples of HAUTEUR
- <she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed>
Origin of HAUTEUR
French, from haut high — more at haughty
First Known Use: circa 1628
Related to HAUTEUR
- Synonyms
- assumption, bumptiousness, consequence, haughtiness, arrogance, high horse, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, masterfulness, peremptoriness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, self-consequence, self-importance, superciliousness, superiority, toploftiness
- Antonyms
- humility, modesty, unassumingness, unpretentiousness
Rhymes with HAUTEUR
as per, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, Big Sur, Bonheur, chasseur, chauffeur, claqueur, coiffeur, concur, confer, Crèvecoeur, danseur, defer, demur, deter, douceur, du jour, farceur, flaneur, frondeur, him/her, his/her, incur, infer, inter, jongleur, larkspur, liqueur, longspur, masseur, millefleur, occur, Pasteur, poseur, prefer, recur, refer, sandbur, sandspur, seigneur, transfer, voyeur, white fir
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