haughty
[ haw-tee ]
/ ˈhɔ ti /
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adjective, haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est.
disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious: haughty aristocrats;a haughty salesclerk.
Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.
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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”) + -y1
synonym study for haughty
1. See proud.
OTHER WORDS FROM haughty
haugh·ti·ly, adverbhaugh·ti·ness, nouno·ver·haugh·ti·ly, adverbo·ver·haugh·ty, adjectiveWords nearby haughty
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British Dictionary definitions for haughty
haughty
/ (ˈhɔːtɪ) /
adjective -tier or -tiest
having or showing arrogance
archaic noble or exalted
Derived forms of haughty
haughtily, adverbhaughtiness, nounWord Origin for haughty
C16: from Old French haut, literally: lofty, from Latin altus high
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