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