Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pride, superbia
Narrower terms: condescension, superciliousness, disdainfulness, contemptuousness, hubris, imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness, superiority, snobbery, snobbism, snobbishness
noun
formality in bearing and appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dignity, gravitas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bearing, comportment, presence, mien
History
From Middle English lordlines, lordlynes, lordlinesse, equivalent to lordly + -ness.
