high horse (Meaning)
high horse (n)
an attitude of arrogant superiority
Synonyms & Antonyms of high horse
Synonyms:
- loftiness
- pretence
- superciliousness
- pretension
- huffiness
- self-consequence
- assumption
- attitude
- imperiousness
- disdain
- presumptuousness
- haughtiness
- consequence
- bumptiousness
- dominance
- pridefulness
- self-importance
- pompousness
- pretense
- masterfulness
- toploftiness
- hauteur
- pomposity
- lordliness
- peremptoriness
- vanity
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- smugness
- scorn
- vainglory
- authoritativeness
- triumphalism
- self-assumption
- snootiness
- boastfulness
- swagger
- bowwow
- pride
- chest-thumping
- self-opinion
- high-handedness
- vaingloriousness
- bossiness
- side
- inflation
- impudence
- self-assertion
- impertinence
- cheek
- self-contentment
- self-content
- snobbishness
- cheekiness
- strut
- superiority complex
- pretentiousness
- egoism
- bravado
- snobbery
- condescension
- self-satisfaction
- sauciness
- swelled head
- snobbism
- brag
Antonyms:
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
superiority,arrogance, loftiness, pretence, superciliousness, pretension, huffiness, self-consequence, assumption,attitude
shyness, unassumingness, unpretentiousness, unassumingness, bashfulness, shyness,humility, modesty, bashfulness, humility
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.
