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haughty

American  
[haw-tee] / ˈhɔ ti /

adjective

haughtier, haughtiest

  1. disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious: a haughty salesclerk.

    haughty aristocrats;

    a haughty salesclerk.
    Synonyms:
    contemptuous, disdainful, lordly
    Antonyms:
    unassuming, unpretentious, humble

  2. Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.

haughty British  
/ ˈhɔːtɪ /

adjective

  1. having or showing arrogance

  2. archaic noble or exalted

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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

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