: arrogance, haughtiness
… he distances himself with customary hauteur from the world …—
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she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
They are written with a thuggish hauteur, as if Pacino’s Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana had been transplanted to the world of music promotion – all machismo and ultimatums.
—Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
They are written with a thuggish hauteur, as if Pacino’s Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana had been transplanted to the world of music promotion – all machismo and ultimatums.
—Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hauteur
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“Hauteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hauteur. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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