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