high horse Antonyms
Strongest:
- unpretentiousness
- shyness
- modesty
- unpretentiousness
- unassumingness
- bashfulness
- unassumingness
- humility
- humility
- modesty
- bashfulness
- shyness
Strong:
- reserve
- self-doubt
- passivity
- submissiveness
- diffidence
- passiveness
- retiringness
- reserve
- diffidence
- demureness
- meekness
- lowliness
- passivity
- passiveness
- retiringness
- lowliness
- timidity
- meekness
- submissiveness
- self-doubt
- timidity
- demureness
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- pridefulness
- lordliness
- pretence
- disdain
- pretension
- self-importance
- haughtiness
- toploftiness
- loftiness
- self-consequence
- consequence
- huffiness
- superciliousness
- masterfulness
- attitude
- dominance
- bumptiousness
- vanity
- presumptuousness
- imperiousness
- assumption
- peremptoriness
- pretense
- pomposity
- pompousness
- hauteur
Weak:
- impudence
- high-handedness
- smugness
- chest-thumping
- boastfulness
- sauciness
- strut
- vaingloriousness
- self-content
- self-assumption
- self-opinion
- vainglory
- inflation
- impertinence
- bowwow
- triumphalism
- self-assertion
- snobbery
- bravado
- self-contentment
- brag
- condescension
- bossiness
- pride
- snootiness
- egoism
- superiority-complex
- cheek
- swelled-head
- self-satisfaction
- scorn
- pretentiousness
- snobbism
- snobbishness
- swagger
- authoritativeness
- cheekiness
- side
Meaning of high horse
high horse (n)
an attitude of arrogant superiority
high horse Sentence Examples
- The proud CEO sat on his high horse, treating his employees with disdain.
- The arrogant politician was fond of riding a high horse, belittling his opponents.
- Sarah refused to get off her high horse, despite her coworker's pleas.
- The self-righteous activist stood on a high horse, preaching to the unconverted.
- The arrogant athlete was so sure of his victory that he rode in on a high horse.
- The haughty socialite carried herself on a high horse, looking down on everyone she encountered.
- Despite his wealth and success, Mark remained on a high horse, never lowering himself to interact with the common folk.
- The professor's ego had grown so large that he now sat on a high horse, dismissing the opinions of his students.
- The snobbish neighbor perched on her high horse, criticizing everyone's yard but her own.
- Emily's high horse attitude alienated her friends, leaving her isolated and alone.
FAQs About the word high horse
an attitude of arrogant superiority
arrogance, superiority, pridefulness, lordliness, pretence, disdain, pretension, self-importance, haughtiness, toploftiness
unpretentiousness, shyness, modesty, unpretentiousness, unassumingness, bashfulness, unassumingness, humility,humility, modesty
The proud CEO sat on his high horse, treating his employees with disdain.
The arrogant politician was fond of riding a high horse, belittling his opponents.
Sarah refused to get off her high horse, despite her coworker's pleas.
The self-righteous activist stood on a high horse, preaching to the unconverted.
