hooghartig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cavalier adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
- conceited adj Having an excessively high opinion of oneself; vain and self-important.
- haughty adj Acting as if one is better than others; arrogantly proud and disdainful.
- imperious adj Bossy and expecting to be obeyed without question.
- sanctimonious adj Acting as though one is morally superior to others, especially in a smug or hypocritical way.
- supercilious adjective Behaving as though other people are inferior, in a haughty and dismissive way.
- uppity adj Arrogant or self-important, acting as if one is better or more important than one's actual position warrants.
Senses
hooghartig is used for these senses in English:
- cavalier Supercilious.
- condescendingly In a condescending manner.
- haughtily In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.
- haughty Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- imperious Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
- orgulous Proud; haughty; disdainful.
- sanctimonious Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
- stuck up (idiomatic) snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.
cavalier — full definition
- adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
- noun Historically, a mounted soldier or knight, and later a supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War.
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