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haughtiness

1 antonym for haughtiness — opposites grouped by meaning.

Noun — Arrogant, snobbish behaviour that shows someone thinks they are better than others.

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Traced to Middle English hauteynesse and hautenesse, which came from Middle English hautein ("proud, haughty"), itself from Old French hautain with Middle English -nesse. In Modern English it was reanalysed as haughty plus -ness.

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