haughty

adjective

haugh·ty ˈhȯ-tē How to pronounce haughty (audio)

ˈhä-

haughtier; haughtiest

: blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior

haughty aristocrats

haughty young beauty … never deigned to notice us

Herman Melville

haughtily

ˈhȯ-tə-lē

ˈhä-

adverb

haughtiness

ˈhȯ-tē-nəs How to pronounce haughty (audio)

ˈhä-

noun

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The Connotations of Haughty

Someone who is haughty looks down on others—and that position high above everyone else is present in the word's etymology. Haughty traces back to the Anglo-French halt or haut, which means literally "high."

The word has strong negative connotations. Someone who is described as "haughty" is proud in the worst way. This is not the pride a parent feels for a child who's worked hard at something, and it's not the pride a marathoner feels for completing a race. The word haughty communicates a kind of pride that is obviously full of contempt for others deemed inferior or unworthy.

The word is not applied only to people. Haughty often modifies nouns like glare, look, appearance, and attitude.

Example Sentences

He rejected their offer with a tone of haughty disdain. the haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn't even have french fries on the menu

Recent Examples on the Web But the slightly malicious look—haughty, selfish, bitterly amused—of upper-class women has survived.

Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022 Read full article Christian Dior (Philippe Bertin) appears briefly, but his business is primarily represented by a haughty, mean, and very French Isabelle Huppert.

Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Uncoupled also stars Tuc Watkins as Michael's ex-boyfriend Colin, Tisha Campbell as his bestie Suzanne, and Marcia Gay Harden as one of Michael's haughty clients, who's also going through a breakup.

Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 July 2022 Only a fool would turn down the opportunity to watch haughty penguins refuse fish offered to them by beleaguered zookeepers, but the endless explaining was exhausting.

Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 During a particularly chaotic shift, haughty chief consultant Mr. Lockhart (Alex Jennings) is showing off the facilities for a visiting politician and phalanx of reporters.

Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022 And showroom assistant Marguerite (Roxane Duran) acts as a buffer with haughty head tailor Monsieur Carré (Bertrand Poncet), while Mrs. Harris endears herself to the hive of seamstresses.

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022 The same would feel fair for our haughty list-maker.

Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Blended whiskies are usually given short shrift by single malt snobs, but Compass Box’s superior craftsmanship and transparency about what’s in the blends have won accolades from even the most haughty of connoisseurs.

Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2019 See More

haughty

adjective

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude the haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn't even have french fries on the menu

Synonyms & Similar Words

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arrogant
supercilious
cavalier
superior
bumptious
uppity
domineering
smug
pompous
pretentious
sniffy
imperious
huffy
presumptuous
assumptive
dominant
chesty
uppish
high-and-mighty
lordly
important
masterful
proud
high-handed
impudent
authoritarian
overweening
presuming
toplofty
peremptory
condescending
lofty
highfalutin
hifalutin
patronizing
snooty
snobbish
dominating
boastful
huffish
stiff-necked
self-assertive
disdainful
bossy
snobby
conceited
toploftical
vainglorious
saucy
self-asserting
cocky
braggart
pontifical
swaggering
high-hat
bombastic
vain
egocentric
prideful
blusterous
impertinent
hubristic
magisterial
narcissistic
pontificating
bragging
egotistic
complacent
egotistical
stuck-up
egoistic
self-satisfied
blustery
self-conceited
braggy
self-complacent
uninhibited
egoistical
self-centered
immodest
brash
extroverted
unreserved
self-flattering
orgulous
self-promoting
self-loving
self-pleased
self-applauding
extraverted
self-affected
forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

humble
lowly
timid
modest
bashful
sheepish
unpretentious
diffident
demure
subdued
shy
meek
passive
deferential
mousy
introverted
unassertive
submissive
unassuming
acquiescent
shrinking
unaggressive
compliant
unobtrusive
unarrogant
mousey
cringing
quiet
self-doubting
yielding
cowering
self-critical
overmodest
reserved
retiring

as in proud

having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself the student reporter received a haughty letter in reply to his request for an interview with the governor

Synonyms & Similar Words

arrogant
proud
disdainful
smug
cavalier
prideful
superior
domineering
selfish
lordly
supercilious
conceited
snobbish
lofty
highfalutin
hifalutin
vainglorious
uppity
condescending
pretentious
impudent
confident
boastful
sniffy
pompous
egotistic
swaggering
complacent
dominating
overbearing
vain
patronizing
cocky
egoistic
egotistical
self-satisfied
self-conceited
stuck-up
self-important
important
overconfident
self-contented
bombastic
presumptuous
saucy
cheeky
brassy
overweening
bossy
peremptory
imperious
self-assertive
egocentric
impertinent
brash
cocksure
bloated
audacious
self-assured
high-sounding
bold
self-glorifying
masterful
self-confident
high-handed
presuming
self-centered
magisterial
presuming
forward
sure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

humble
meek
lowly
timid
modest
bashful
demure
unassuming
unpretentious
homely
shy
unpretending
diffident
deferential
unassertive
submissive
apologetic
acquiescent
retiring
ingratiating
passive
compliant
subdued
quiet
resigned
yielding
self-doubting
shrinking
unobtrusive
reserved
cringing
cowering

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of haughty are arrogant, disdainful, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, and supercilious. While all these words mean "showing scorn for inferiors," haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.

a haughty aristocrat

The words arrogant and haughty can be used in similar contexts, but arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.

a conceited and arrogant executive

In some situations, the words disdainful and haughty are roughly equivalent. However, disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness.

disdainful of their social inferiors

While the synonyms insolent and haughty are close in meaning, insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness.

ignored by an insolent waiter

While in some cases nearly identical to haughty, lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.

a lordly condescension

Although the words overbearing and haughty have much in common, overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.

an overbearing supervisor

The meanings of proud and haughty largely overlap; however, proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.

too proud to take charity

The synonyms supercilious and haughty are sometimes interchangeable, but supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness.

an aloof and supercilious manner

单词	haughty
释义	haughty adjective haugh·ty ˈhȯ-tē ˈhä- haughtier; haughtiest : blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior haughty aristocrats haughty young beauty … never deigned to notice us Herman Melville haughtily ˈhȯ-tə-lē ˈhä- adverb haughtiness ˈhȯ-tē-nəs ˈhä- noun Did you know? The Connotations of Haughty Someone who is haughty looks down on others—and that position high above everyone else is present in the word's etymology. Haughty traces back to the Anglo-French halt or haut, which means literally "high." The word has strong negative connotations. Someone who is described as "haughty" is proud in the worst way. This is not the pride a parent feels for a child who's worked hard at something, and it's not the pride a marathoner feels for completing a race. The word haughty communicates a kind of pride that is obviously full of contempt for others deemed inferior or unworthy. The word is not applied only to people. Haughty often modifies nouns like glare, look, appearance, and attitude. Synonyms arrogant assumptive bumptious cavalier chesty high-and-mighty high-handed high-hat highfalutin hifalutin huffish huffy imperious important lofty lordly masterful overweening peremptory pompous presuming presumptuous pretentious self-asserting self-assertive sniffy stiff-necked supercilious superior toplofty toploftical uppish uppity See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He rejected their offer with a tone of haughty disdain. the haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn't even have french fries on the menu Recent Examples on the Web But the slightly malicious look—haughty, selfish, bitterly amused—of upper-class women has survived. Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022 Read full article Christian Dior (Philippe Bertin) appears briefly, but his business is primarily represented by a haughty, mean, and very French Isabelle Huppert. Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Uncoupled also stars Tuc Watkins as Michael's ex-boyfriend Colin, Tisha Campbell as his bestie Suzanne, and Marcia Gay Harden as one of Michael's haughty clients, who's also going through a breakup. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 July 2022 Only a fool would turn down the opportunity to watch haughty penguins refuse fish offered to them by beleaguered zookeepers, but the endless explaining was exhausting. Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 During a particularly chaotic shift, haughty chief consultant Mr. Lockhart (Alex Jennings) is showing off the facilities for a visiting politician and phalanx of reporters. Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022 And showroom assistant Marguerite (Roxane Duran) acts as a buffer with haughty head tailor Monsieur Carré (Bertrand Poncet), while Mrs. Harris endears herself to the hive of seamstresses. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022 The same would feel fair for our haughty list-maker. Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Blended whiskies are usually given short shrift by single malt snobs, but Compass Box’s superior craftsmanship and transparency about what’s in the blends have won accolades from even the most haughty of connoisseurs. Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2019 See More Word History Etymology obsolete haught, from Middle English haute, from Anglo-French halt, haut, literally, high, from Latin altus — more at old First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition haughty adjective haugh·ty ˈhȯ-tē haughtier; haughtiest : having or showing a proud and superior attitude a haughty princess haughty adjective 1 as in arrogant having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude the haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn't even have french fries on the menu Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance arrogant supercilious cavalier superior bumptious uppity domineering smug pompous pretentious sniffy imperious huffy presumptuous assumptive dominant chesty uppish high-and-mighty lordly important masterful proud high-handed impudent authoritarian overweening presuming toplofty peremptory condescending lofty highfalutin hifalutin patronizing snooty snobbish dominating boastful huffish stiff-necked self-assertive disdainful bossy snobby conceited toploftical vainglorious saucy self-asserting cocky braggart pontifical swaggering high-hat bombastic vain egocentric prideful blusterous impertinent hubristic magisterial narcissistic pontificating bragging egotistic complacent egotistical stuck-up egoistic self-satisfied blustery self-conceited braggy self-complacent uninhibited egoistical self-centered immodest brash extroverted unreserved self-flattering orgulous self-promoting self-loving self-pleased self-applauding extraverted self-affected forward Antonyms & Near Antonyms humble lowly timid modest bashful sheepish unpretentious diffident demure subdued shy meek passive deferential mousy introverted unassertive submissive unassuming acquiescent shrinking unaggressive compliant unobtrusive unarrogant mousey cringing quiet self-doubting yielding cowering self-critical overmodest reserved retiring See More 2 as in proud having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself the student reporter received a haughty letter in reply to his request for an interview with the governor Synonyms & Similar Words arrogant proud disdainful smug cavalier prideful superior domineering selfish lordly supercilious conceited snobbish lofty highfalutin hifalutin vainglorious uppity condescending pretentious impudent confident boastful sniffy pompous egotistic swaggering complacent dominating overbearing vain patronizing cocky egoistic egotistical self-satisfied self-conceited stuck-up self-important important overconfident self-contented bombastic presumptuous saucy cheeky brassy overweening bossy peremptory imperious self-assertive egocentric impertinent brash cocksure bloated audacious self-assured high-sounding bold self-glorifying masterful self-confident high-handed presuming self-centered magisterial presuming forward sure Antonyms & Near Antonyms humble meek lowly timid modest bashful demure unassuming unpretentious homely shy unpretending diffident deferential unassertive submissive apologetic acquiescent retiring ingratiating passive compliant subdued quiet resigned yielding self-doubting shrinking unobtrusive reserved cringing cowering See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of haughty are arrogant, disdainful, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, and supercilious. While all these words mean "showing scorn for inferiors," haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat The words arrogant and haughty can be used in similar contexts, but arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive In some situations, the words disdainful and haughty are roughly equivalent. However, disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors While the synonyms insolent and haughty are close in meaning, insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter While in some cases nearly identical to haughty, lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension Although the words overbearing and haughty have much in common, overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor The meanings of proud and haughty largely overlap; however, proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity The synonyms supercilious and haughty are sometimes interchangeable, but supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner
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