Synonyms
- arrogant
- assumptive
- bumptious
- cavalier
- chesty
- haughty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- highfalutin
- hifalutin
- huffish
- huffy
- imperious
- important
- lofty
- lordly
- masterful
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presuming
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- sniffy
- stiff-necked
- supercilious
- superior
- toplofty
- toploftical
- uppish
- uppity
Examples of high-and-mighty in a Sentence
a boss so high-and-mighty that no one could reason with him about anything
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Lots of high-and-mighty people populate Tyrrell’s recollections.
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John Fund, National Review, 26 Nov. 2023
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John Fund, National Review, 26 Nov. 2023
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“High-and-mighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-and-mighty. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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