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Haughty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Haughty? [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 swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer Synonyms \| Synonyms for Haughty: disdainful \| lordly \| prideful \| proud \| sniffy \| supercilious \| swaggering Related Terms \| Find terms related to Haughty: aerial \| airy \| aloof \| altitudinous \| arrogant \| ascending \| aspiring \| belittling \| big \| boastful \| cavalier \| clannish \| cliquish \| colossal \| complacent \| conceited \| condescending \| contemptuous \| contumelious \| derisive \| detached \| disdainful \| distant \| dominating \| domineering \| egotistic \| egotistical \| elevated \| eminent \| ethereal \| exalted \| exclusive \| high \| high and mighty \| high-and-mighty \| highfalutin \| high-faluting \| high-flown \| high-headed \| high-nosed \| high-pitched \| high-reaching \| high-set \| high-up \| hoity-toity \| indifferent \| insolent \| la-di-da \| lofty \| lordly \| monumental \| mounting \| Olympian \| outtopping \| overbearing \| overlooking \| overtopping \| overweening \| patronizing \| presumptuous \| pretentious \| prominent \| proud \| purse-proud \| reserved \| scornful \| self-important \| self-satisfied \| smug \| sneering \| sniffy \| snobbish \| snobby \| snooty \| snotty \| soaring \| spiring \| steep \| stuck-up \| sublime \| supercilious \| superior \| superlative \| supernal \| swelled-headed \| topless \| toploftical \| toplofty \| topping \| towering \| towery \| uplifted \| uppish \| uppity \| upreared \| upstage \| vain \| withering See Also \| Haughty In Webster's Dictionary \Haugh"ty\, a. [Compar. {Haughtier}; superl. {Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See {Altitude}.] 1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. --Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. --Clarendon. 3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering. --Milton.

Haughty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Haughty?

[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 swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

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Haughty In Webster's Dictionary

\Haugh"ty\, a. [Compar. {Haughtier}; superl.
{Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF.
also halt, fr. L. altus. See {Altitude}.]
1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]

         To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
                                               --Spenser.

         Equal unto this haughty enterprise.   --Spenser

2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
   overbearing.

         A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
                                               --Clarendon.

3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

         Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came
         towering.                             --Milton.

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