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haughtiness

/ˈhɔːtinəs/noun

उच्चारण हॉटिनस

अहंकार, घमंड, दंभ

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    the quality of being unfriendly and unwilling to talk to people because you think that you are better than them

    अहंकार, घमंड, दंभ

    • His haughtiness made him unpopular.
    • The haughtiness of the new officer kept his juniors from speaking freely.
    • Her haughtiness kept the other students away from her.
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    • He answered the clerk with cold haughtiness.
    • Success never changed his kindness into haughtiness.

    Synonyms arrogance pride conceit superciliousness disdain

    Opposite humility modesty meekness friendliness

◇Word family
haughty adj.
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haugh·ti·ness

With -augh- (silent gh, like caught and taught) and -tiness (the y of haughty changes to i).

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: haugh-ti-ness, -augh- (silent gh, caught और taught की तरह) और -tiness (haughty का y बदलकर i)।

?Which word?

Keep the pride words together: haughtiness (proud and unfriendly), arrogance, conceit, superciliousness (behaving as if better than others), hauteur (formal, proud manner).

घमंड के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: haughtiness (घमंडी और अमित्रवत), arrogance, conceit, superciliousness (दूसरों से श्रेष्ठ होने का व्यवहार), hauteur (औपचारिक, घमंडी ढंग)।