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high hat
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, be courteous, bend, come down off high horse, comply, concede, degrade oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, grant, high hat, lower oneself, oblige, see fit, submit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend, vouchsafe, yield |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | top hat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal hat |
| Synonyms: | high hat, silk hat, stovepipe hat, topper |
| Main Entry: | holier-than-thou |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-righteously pious |
| Synonyms: | artificial, goody-goody, high-hat, judgmental, pietistic, sanctimonious, simon-pure, smug, snobbish, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | snobbish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck-up, conceited |
| Synonyms: | aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-flown, high-hat, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, putting on airs, remote, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, swanky, tony, uppish, uppity |
| Antonyms: | accepting, benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | superior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, haughty |
| Synonyms: | airy, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, condescending, cool, disdainful, high-and-mighty, high-hat, insolent, lofty, overbearing, patronizing, pretentious, proud, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious, uppity, upstage, wiseguy |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uppish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobbish |
| Synonyms: | aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, elitist, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-flown, high-hat, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, putting on airs, remote, sniffy, snippy, snobby, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, swanky, tony, uppity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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