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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 Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
  • sanctimonious adj Acting as though one is morally superior to others, especially in a smug or hypocritical 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

  1. adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
  2. noun Historically, a mounted soldier or knight, and later a supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War.

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