haughty
Americanadjective
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disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious: a haughty salesclerk.
haughty aristocrats;
a haughty salesclerk.
- Synonyms:
- contemptuous, disdainful, lordly
- Antonyms:
- unassuming, unpretentious, humble
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Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.
adjective
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having or showing arrogance
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archaic noble or exalted
Related Words
See proud.
Other Word Forms
- haughtily adverb
- haughtiness noun
- overhaughtily adverb
- overhaughty adjective
Etymology
Origin of haughty
First recorded in 1520–30; obsolete haught (spelling variant of late Middle English haute, from Middle French, from Latin altus “high,” with h-, from Germanic; compare Old High German hok “high”) + -y 1
Example Sentences
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In the criminally short-lived series, Van Der Beek played a version of himself that was far more asinine and haughty than the actor was known to be in real life.
From Salon
The matron had responded with a haughty “Impossible.”
From Literature
Beneath the haughty tilt of her chin, her eyes filled with tears, and her lips shook.
From Literature
Her haughty line deliveries and imperious bone structure cut through the screen like a knife.
From Los Angeles Times
The cruelest, the proudest, the most superior and haughty.
From Literature
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