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high and mighty
1noun
- persons who are members of or identify with the higher social strata of society, especially those who are powerful or arrogant.
adverb
- in a self-important, grandiose, or arrogant manner:
They talk high and mighty, but they owe everyone in town.
Now don't go getting all high and mighty on me.
high-and-mighty
2[ hahy-uhn-mahy-tee, -uhnd- ]
adjective
- haughty; arrogant.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 丑颈驳丑顎-补苍诲-尘颈驳丑迟顎僫路苍别蝉蝉 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of high and mighty1
Idioms and Phrases
Conceited, haughty, as in She was too high and mighty to make her own bed . This expression originally alluded to high-born rulers and was being transferred to the merely arrogant by the mid-1600s.Example Sentences
When the high and mighty of Silicon Valley assumed their privileged perch at the swearing-in of President Trump, it was an ostentatious show of wealth and power unlike any before.
Yes, the English, and very high and mighty.
鈥淎nd people are welcome to label things however they want, but there鈥檚 frankly nobody else doing the reporting that we do. ... That鈥檚 what ten million people are subscribing to The New York Times for 鈥 And not to like sound too high and mighty, but the market has spoken, and they like what we鈥檙e doing.鈥
But many of the videos are released by police and feature people who have come under far more pressure than the high and mighty of Russia's pop scene.
In his 2002 book High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV, Keith Bradsher wrote that 鈥淎MC promoted the Jeep鈥檚 four-wheel drive even though its engineers and executives knew that it had little value for urban buyers.鈥
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What does high and mighty mean?
High and mighty is often used as an adverb meaning in an arrogant or self-important manner, as in Please stop acting so high and mighty鈥攜ou鈥檙e not the boss here.
The word mighty means strong, powerful, or of great importance.
When someone acts as if they are superior or in charge, they can be said to be acting high and mighty. This is especially the case when they鈥檙e not actually superior or in charge.
High and mighty can also be used as an adjective, in which case it鈥檚 often hyphenated (high-and-mighty), as in Take your high-and-mighty attitude elsewhere鈥攚e work as a team here.
The phrase can also be used as a collective noun to refer to people who are considered powerful, as in The high and mighty take too much and give too little. The word mighty can be used in the same way, as in The rich and mighty hold all the power.
Example: Don鈥檛 get all high and mighty with me鈥擨鈥檓 the one who trained you.
Where does high and mighty come from?
The first records of the phrase high and mighty come from around 1400.
Originally, being called high and mighty was a good thing鈥攊t was a title given to high-born rulers. By the 1600s, though, it came to be used to describe those who acted as if they were superior to those around them, as if they were royalty and everyone else was peasants. This is still how high and mighty is used today.
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What are some other forms related to high and mighty?
- high-and-mighty (hyphenated adjective)
- high and mightiness (noun)
What are some synonyms for high and mighty?
What are some words that share a root or word element with high and mighty?听
What are some words that often get used in discussing high and mighty?
How is high and mighty used in real life?
High and mighty is almost always used in a negative way.
Y鈥檃ll better stop acting all high and mighty!!!
鈥 elexus jionde (@Lexual__)
I don't understand why you'd befriend someone younger than you and not respect them. Don't befriend them if you want to act so high and mighty.
鈥 Yuno (@Ummaty_)
some of y鈥檃ll rlly out here acting all high and mighty then not sticking to what you preach lmfao. hypocrisy at its ~finest~, but you do you 馃惛馃嵉
鈥 spoingus (@edm_spoingus)
Try using high and mighty!
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of high and mighty?
A. conceitedly
B. arrogantly
C. haughtily
D. humbly
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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