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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024haugh•ty /ˈhɔti/USA pronunciation adj., -ti•er, -ti•est. - overly proud; arrogant:haughty demeanor.
haugh•ti•ly /ˈhɔtəli/USA pronunciation adv. haugh•ti•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024haugh•ty (hô′tē),USA pronunciation adj., -ti•er, -ti•est. - disdainfully proud;
snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious:haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. - [Archaic.]lofty or noble;
exalted.
- Gmc; compare Old High German hok high) + -y1
- Latin altus high, with h-
- Middle French
- obsolete haught (spelling, spelled variant of late Middle English haute 1520–30
haugh′ti•ly, adv. haugh′ti•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged humble, unpretentious, unassuming.
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