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
AllenAL-ən (English)English, Scottish
Atherfold['æθəfəuld]
Yared-Biblical Hebrew, Eastern African, Ethiopian
Igone-Basque
Zsuzsa-Hungarian
NickNIKEnglish, Dutch