Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective conceited and arrogant; imperious.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
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Examples
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The ingredients look all high-and-mighty health wise, but these are still a seriously indulgent, rich dessert.
Products, Peanuts, and Protein Sarah 2009
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My tastes and personal beliefs are not paramount to those of anyone else, so when someone puts their crosshairs on a book like And Tango Makes Three, Baby Be-Bop, or possibly The Golden Compass, I want to tell the high-and-mighty to mind their own damned business.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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In fact, I think Beijing has only gotten worse because it has a high-and-mighty attitude that Taiwan owes everything to China and without their mercy, Taiwan will flop overnight.
China Looms Over Coming Taiwan Election Paul Mozur 2012
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The ingredients look all high-and-mighty health wise, but these are still a seriously indulgent, rich dessert.
Archive 2009-02-01 Sarah 2009
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I think we need to set aside our high-and-mighty ideas about the evils of materialism in certain cases.
Advisor: Was it cruel to let poor kids in India play with my iPod? Boing Boing 2009
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Firstly, it is dangerous to those who don't really understand the issue because they are easy to sucker in and often believe anything said by someone with a high-and-mighty educational or professional title or two says.
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For all that the OtherFolk acted so high-and-mighty around us, they certainly lapped it up when one of us shone.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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These jobs need to be done, and the people who do them are still doing what they can to contribute to society — but instead of treating them with respect, people like you turn up your high-and-mighty noses at them and label them “lazy”.
Think Progress » Van Jones to Glenn Beck: ‘I see you, and I love you, brother.’ (Updated) 2010
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Firstly, it is dangerous to those who don't really understand the issue because they are easy to sucker in and often believe anything said by someone with a high-and-mighty educational or professional title or two says.
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For all that the OtherFolk acted so high-and-mighty around us, they certainly lapped it up when one of us shone.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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