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[ haw -tee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhɔ ti / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective, haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
Archaic . lofty or noble; exalted.
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
SYNONYMS FOR haughty 1 lordly, disdainful, contemptuous.
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ANTONYMS FOR haughty 1 humble, unpretentious, unassuming.
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synonym study for haughty 1 . See proud.
OTHER WORDS FROM haughty haugh·ti·ly, adverb haugh·ti·ness, noun o·ver·haugh·ti·ly, adverb o·ver·haugh·ti·ness, noun
o·ver·haugh·ty, adjective
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Words nearby haughty hauberk, haud, hauf, haugh, Haughey, haughty , Hauhau, haul, haulage, haulageway, haulback
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Example sentences from the Web for haughty Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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But haughty talk may not dissuade Italians from following their former leader.
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But these are not times when we need to be uplifted and showered with haughty rhetoric.
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They have to rebut his lies, and they have to do it without sounding bitter or afraid or superior or haughty .
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And not the least haughty or intimidating or acerbic, but helpful, constructive, and conscientious.
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Such is the nature of the populace; they are either cringing slaves or haughty tyrants.
The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six | Titus Livius
He could stay no longer in her presence, and with a haughty bow to the company rose to leave.
Mark Gildersleeve | John S. Sauzade
At all events, resistance must continue until the enemy abated his haughty demand of unconditional submission.
The Life of Jefferson Davis | Frank H. Alfriend
Even in London, however, his haughty injustice found occasions for making itself known.
The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II | Thomas De Quincey
He afterwards described Miss Rivers, of Riverscourt, as "a haughty young woman; but handsome as they make 'em!"
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British Dictionary definitions for haughty adjective -tier or -tiest having or showing arrogance
archaic noble or exalted
Derived forms of haughty haughtily , adverb haughtiness , noun Word Origin for haughty C16: from Old French haut, literally: lofty, from Latin altus high
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