haughty
adjective
disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious: a haughty salesclerk.
haughtier
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comparativeof haughty.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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The band lifts it up — the higher, the haughtier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
But it also had the haughtier, more conceptual imprimatur of Post-Minimalism, arguably the last avant-garde art movement of classic modernism.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
If Mr. Abloh’s roots in the street wear universe drew some clucking from the fashion world’s haughtier roosts, few would deny that a meaningful day was unfolding.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
Today, you’ll find the haughtier designer shops closest to the Public Garden, but increasingly funkier boutiques as you walk west toward Massachusetts Avenue.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2015
Facing down her own death, with the hissing of the sea behind her and the night spread out like a cape, she seemed to have grown taller, haughtier.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
