lofty

lofty
adj
1. towering, skyscraping, elevated, high, soaring, sky-high, aerial, aloft; distant, remote, faraway, far-reaching; skyward, heavenly, celestial, empyreal, supernal.
2. grand, distinguished, noted, eminent, famous, well-known, celebrated, esteemed; renowned, illustrious, prominent, predominant, leading, preeminent, notable, Archaic. eximious; legendary, immortal, fabled, memorable; honorable, venerable, revered, respected; dignified, distinguished, stately, august; sublime, exalted, magnificent, majestic, imposing, imperious; lordly, noble, kingly, queenly, imperial, princely, magisterial; aristocratic, patrician, well-bred, genteel, gentle, blue-blooded, thoroughbred.
3. arrogant, haughty, proud, self-important, vainglorious, peacockish; overconfident, overweening, conceited, high-and-mighty, snobbish, Inf. snotty, Inf. snooty, Inf. stuck up, Inf. uppish, Inf. uppity, on one's high horse; pompous, inflated, puffed up, egotistic, condescending, Inf. toplofty; disdainful, supercilious, cavalier, contemptuous, scornful, insulting, contumelious.

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