high-and-mighty



high-and-mighty

Fig. self-important and arrogant. I don't know why William is so high-and-mighty. He's no better than the rest of us. The boss acts high-and-mighty because he can fire us all.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JaydonJAY-dənEnglish (Modern)
Achillea-SHEEL (French), ah-KEEL-le (Italian)French, Italian
Hudde-Medieval English
Serkan-Turkish
CeceSEE-seeEnglish
Mohammed-Arabic, Bengali