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high horse collapse: an attitude of arrogant superiority; "get off your high horse and admit you are wrong"

condescension collapse: affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"; the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior; a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

supercilious collapse: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

mannered collapse: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

upstage collapse: the rear part of the stage; of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"; at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"; steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"; move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience; treat snobbishly, put in one's place

disdainful collapse: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

pride collapse: unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins); the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards; a feeling of self-respect and personal worth; satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes pride in his son's success"; a group of lions; be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"

pretentious collapse: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

arrogant collapse: having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

proud collapse: feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"

big collapse: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"; given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"; generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"; marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"; significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"; loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"; feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"; in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"; on a grand scale; "think big"; extremely well; "his performance went over big"

superior collapse: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth; the head of a religious community; one of greater rank or station or quality; (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"; of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"; of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"; having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

side collapse: an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"; either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"; an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"; an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"; a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food; a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"; one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"; a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"; a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"; a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"; take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"; take the side of; be on the side of; "Whose side are you on?"; "Why are you taking sides with the accused?"

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