altruist:selflessness=connoisseur:expertise
connoisseur:art=gourmet:cuisine
connoisseur:painting,
consummate~~amateurish
credulity:dupe=discrimination:connoisseur
fawn:hauteur=selfdepreciate:swagger
fractious:umbrage=supercilious:hauteur
grandeur~~frivolous
hauteur:supercilious
hauteur~~humility
heretic:dissent=connoisseur:excel
intentionality:accidental=grandeur:mean
poseur:sincerity=recluse:gregariousness
poseur~~sincere person
raconteur:storytelling=wordsmith:writing
recluse:gregariousness=poseur:sincerity
saboteur:disrupt=apologist:defend
selflessness:altruist=expertise:connoisseur
stickler:derelict=poseur:unaffected
supercilious:hauteur
supercilious:hauteur=fractious:umbrage
wordsmith:writing=raconteur:storytelling
ingrate
: an ungrateful person
grandeur
1 : the quality or state of being grand : MAGNIFICENCE *the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome — E. A. Poe*
2 : an instance or example of grandeur
hauteur
: ARROGANCE, HAUGHTINESS
Etymology:French, from haut high — more at HAUGHTY
PROUD, ARROGANT, HAUGHTY, LORDLY, INSOLENT, OVERBEARING, SUPERCILIOUS, DISDAINFUL mean showing scorn for inferiors.
PROUD may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness *too proud to take charity*.
ARROGANT implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted *a conceited and arrogant executive*.
HAUGHTY suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position *a haughty aristocrat*.
LORDLY implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power *a lordly condescension*.
INSOLENT implies contemptuous haughtiness *ignored by an insolent waiter*.
OVERBEARING suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence *an overbearing supervisor*.
SUPERCILIOUS implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness *an aloof and supercilious manner*.
DISDAINFUL suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness *disdainful of their social inferiors*
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