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high and mighty
1noun
- persons who are members of or identify with the higher social strata of society, especially those who are powerful or arrogant.
adverb
- in a self-important, grandiose, or arrogant manner:
They talk high and mighty, but they owe everyone in town.
Now don't go getting all high and mighty on me.
high-and-mighty
2[ hahy-uhn-mahy-tee, -uhnd- ]
adjective
- haughty; arrogant.
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Other Words From
- high-and-mighti·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of high and mighty1
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Idioms and Phrases
Conceited, haughty, as in She was too high and mighty to make her own bed . This expression originally alluded to high-born rulers and was being transferred to the merely arrogant by the mid-1600s.Discover More
Example Sentences
After marriage the high-and-mighty beadle was sadly henpecked and reduced to a Jerry Sneak.
His nose was of the high-and-mighty order that comes under the denomination of aquiline, or hooked, as may suit you best.
You ought to see her sketch the old-school, high-and-mighty manners, as they survive among some of the antiques in Charlottesburg.
Pelle threw all his high-and-mighty airs to the winds and gave himself up to despair.
But you won't gain anything by taking a high-and-mighty attitude with me.
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