" loftiness "

1: an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims;

  * e.g., " ... we were offended by the new club member's air of loftiness "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arrogance,

•  assumption,

•  bumptiousness,

•  consequence,

•  haughtiness,

•  hauteur,

•  high horse,

•  huffiness,

•  imperiousness,

•  lordliness,

•  masterfulness,

•  peremptoriness,

•  pomposity,

•  pompousness,

•  presumptuousness,

•  pretense,

•  pretension,

•  pretentiousness,

•  self-consequence,

•  self-importance,

•  superciliousness,

•  superiority,

•  toploftiness

•  Antonyms : 

•  humility,

•  modesty,

•  unassumingness,

•  unpretentiousness

1: extending to a great distance upward;

  * e.g., " ... the ever-increasing lofty heights of the world's skyscrapers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  altitudinous,

•  high,

•  tall,

•  towering

•  Antonyms : 

•  low,

•  low-lying,

•  short,

•  squat

2: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude;

  * e.g., " ... she acts all lofty and superior just because she went to an Ivy League college "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arrogant,

•  assumptive,

•  bumptious,

•  cavalier,

•  chesty,

•  haughty,

•  high-and-mighty,

•  high-handed,

•  high-hat,

•  highfalutin,

•  huffish,

•  huffy,

•  imperious,

•  important,

•  lordly,

•  masterful,

•  overweening,

•  peremptory,

•  pompous,

•  presuming,

•  presumptuous,

•  pretentious,

•  self-asserting,

•  self-assertive,

•  sniffy,

•  stiff-necked,

•  supercilious,

•  superior,

•  toplofty,

•  uppish,

•  uppity

•  Antonyms : 

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  modest,

•  unarrogant,

•  unpretentious

3: having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself;

  * e.g., " ... his lofty attitude toward menial chores really rankles the other camp counselors "

•  Synonyms : 

•  disdainful,

•  haughty,

•  highfalutin,

•  lordly,

•  prideful,

•  proud,

•  superior

•  Antonyms : 

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  modest