MuseWriter Topic Thesaurus | [Undue assumption of superiority.]

insolence
haughtiness etc. adj.
arrogance, airs
overbearance
domineering etc. v.
tyranny etc. Severity. impertinence
sauciness etc. adj.
flippancy, dicacity, petulance, procacity, bluster
swagger, swaggering etc. v.
bounce
terrorism. assumption, presumption
beggar on horseback
usurpation. impudence, assurance, audacity, hardihood, front, face, brass
shamelessness etc. adj.
effrontery, hardened front, face of brass. assumption of infallibility. saucebox etc. (blusterer) Blusterer.

be insolent etc. adj.
bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust
swear etc. (affirm) Affirmation
rap out oaths
roister. arrogate
assume, presume
make bold, make free
take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell. domineer, bully, dictate, hector
lord it over
exact
snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of
put to the blush
bear down, beat down
browbeat, intimidate
trample down, tread down, trample under foot
dragoon, ride roughshod over. out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave
stare out of countenance
brazen out
lay down the law
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
assume a lofty bearing
talk big, look big
put on big looks
mount the high horse, ride the high horse
toss the head, carry, with a high hand. tempt Providence, want snuffing.

insolent, haughty, arrogant, imperious, magisterial, dictatorial, arbitrary
high-handed, high and mighty
contumelious, supercilious, overbearing, intolerant, domineering, overweening, high-flown. flippant, pert, fresh [U.S.], cavalier, saucy, forward, impertinent, malapert. precocious, assuming, would-be, bumptious. bluff
brazen, shameless, aweless, unblushlng, unabashed
brazen, boldfaced-, barefaced-, brazen-faced
dead to shame, lost to shame. impudent, audacious, presumptuous, free and easy, devil-may-care, rollicking
jaunty, janty
roistering, blustering, hectoring, swaggering, vaporing
thrasonic, fire eating, full of sound and fury" [Macbeth].

Topic Thesaurus Roget's Thesaurus