| aloof | | |
| adj. | 1. aloof, distant, upstage | remote in manner.; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" |
| ~ reserved | marked by self-restraint and reticence.; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion" |
| adv. | 2. aloof | in an aloof manner.; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough" |
| arrogant | | |
| adj. | 1. arrogant, chesty, self-important | having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock" |
| ~ proud | 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" |
| haughty | | |
| adj. | 1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering | 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" |
| ~ proud | 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" |
| proud | | |
| adj. | 1. proud | 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" |
| ~ immodest | having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc.; "brash immodest boasting" |
| ~ arrogant, self-important, chesty | having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock" |
| ~ beaming | pleased and proud.; "beaming parents" |
| ~ swelled, vainglorious, big | feeling self-importance.; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" |
| ~ bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish | (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant.; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety" |
| ~ boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing, big | exhibiting self-importance.; "big talk" |
| ~ self-respectful, self-respecting, dignified | having or showing self-esteem. |
| ~ haughty, imperious, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering, disdainful, lordly, overbearing | 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" |
| ~ conceited, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain, egotistic, egotistical | characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" |
| ~ house-proud | proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep. |
| ~ overproud | excessively proud. |
| ~ proud of, pleased | feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth.; "proud of their child" |
| ~ purse-proud | proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction). |
| ~ shabby-genteel | trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness. |
| adj. | 2. gallant, lofty, majestic, proud | having or displaying great dignity or nobility.; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" |
| ~ impressive | making a strong or vivid impression.; "an impressive ceremony" |
| tall | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. tall | a garment size for a tall person. |
| ~ size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| adj. | 2. tall | great in vertical dimension; high in stature.; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" |
| ~ high | (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high').; "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| ~ gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy | tall and thin and having long slender limbs.; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" |
| ~ in height | having a specified height.; "five feet tall"; "five feet in height" |
| ~ long-legged, long-shanked, leggy | having long legs. |
| ~ leggy, tall-growing | (of plants) having tall spindly stems. |
| ~ long | of relatively great height.; "a race of long gaunt men"; "looked out the long French windows" |
| ~ long-stalked, tall-stalked | of plants having relatively long stalks. |
| ~ statuesque, stately | of size and dignity suggestive of a statue. |
| ~ tallish | somewhat tall. |
| adj. | 3. grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall | lofty in style.; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" |
| ~ rhetorical | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
| adj. | 4. tall | impressively difficult.; "a tall order" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ difficult, hard | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
| adj. | 5. improbable, marvellous, marvelous, tall | too improbable to admit of belief.; "a tall story" |
| ~ incredible, unbelievable | beyond belief or understanding.; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" |
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