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Answer for the clue "Most high and mighty at this huge gathering ", 10 letters:
haughtiest

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Word definitions for haughtiest in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: haughty )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Haughty \Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Haughtier (h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Haughtiest .] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude .] High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's ...

Usage examples of haughtiest.

He selected the photo that seemed haughtiest, then methodically crushed the other six in his big gardener's left hand, as a first-beard adolescent crushes beer cans, and tossed the jagged balls into a tiger-skin wastebasket inset around its rim with genuine tiger teeth.

Chamcha noticed that the man had not fastened his belt, and pulled himself together, bringing his voice back to its haughtiest English pitch.