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lordlyadjective having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitudeone dinner guest was a little lordly about her status as a vegetarian, even asking the other diners how they could bear to eat dead animals arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin(also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppity authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificatingcondescending, disdainful, patronizingimpertinent, impudent, saucysnobbish, snobby, snootyblusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vaingloriouscomplacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-upself-flattering, self-loving, self-promotingbrash, forward, uninhibited, unreservedextroverted(also extraverted), immodest humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious bashful, cowering, cringing, demure, diffident, introverted, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, self-critical, self-doubting, sheepish, shrinking, shy, subdued, timidacquiescent, compliant, deferential, meek, passive, submissive, unaggressive, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, yieldingquiet, reserved, retiring having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneselfhis lordly attitude toward people who enjoy popular music disdainful, haughty, highfalutin(also hifalutin), lofty, prideful, proud, superior complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistic(also egotistical), important, self-assertive, self-conceited, self-contented, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vaingloriousarrogant, pretentious, sniffy, snobbish, stuck-up, superciliouscavalier, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, swaggeringhigh-sounding, pompouscondescending, patronizingcocky, overconfident, presuming, presumptuousbloated, boastful, bombastic, self-glorifyingaudacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, cocksure, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucyconfident, presuming, self-assured, self-confident, surebossy, domineering, high-handed, imperiousegocentric, self-centered, selfishdominating, magisterial, masterful humble, lowly, modest demure, homely, meek, unassuming, unpretending, unpretentiousbashful, retiring, shy, timiddiffident, self-doubtingacquiescent, compliant, deferential, ingratiating, resigned, submissive, unassertive, yieldingapologetic, cowering, cringing, shrinkingpassive, quiet, reserved, subdued, unobtrusive having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous natureborn to great wealth, he has always displayed a lordly generosity toward the less fortunate big, chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, magnanimous, natural, noble, sublime ennobled, exalted, glorifiedheroic(also heroical), honorable, valiant, venerable, worthyknightly, princely, regalinspiring, moving, numinous, upliftingaugust, magnificent, majestic base, debased, degenerate, degraded, ignoble, low sordid, squalid, vile, wretchedabominable, contemptible, despicable, detestable, hateful, offensive, repulsive, ugly, viciousdastardly, dirty, lousy, sorrylittle, mean, narrow, small-mindeddegrading, discreditable, humiliating, ignominiouscoarse, crude, vulgar proud, arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors.proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness.ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness.an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness.disdainful of their social inferiors before the 12th century |