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high and mighty [ ˌhʌɪ ən ˈmʌɪti ]

• behaving as though one is more important than others.
• "he could punish her for being high and mighty"
Similar: self-important, condescending, patronizing, disdainful, supercilious, superior, snobbish, snobby, haughty, arrogant, proud, conceited, above oneself, egotistic, egotistical, imperious, overweening, overbearing, stuck-up, snooty, snotty, hoity-toity, la-di-da, uppity, uppish, too big for one's boots, posh, toffee-nosed,
Opposite: unassuming, modest,


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