haughty
Americanadjective
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disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious: a haughty salesclerk.
haughty aristocrats;
a haughty salesclerk.
- Synonyms:
- contemptuous, disdainful, lordly
- Antonyms:
- unassuming, unpretentious, humble
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Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.
adjective
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having or showing arrogance
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archaic noble or exalted
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
Example Sentences
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With one manicured hand on the top of the across-the-aisle seat in front of her, the haughty speaker from my conference pivots to address us.
From Literature
She shouted "Trail!" in a haughty voice, and I moved over as much as I could to let her pass.
From Literature
Gone was his normal contemptuous and haughty look, and in its place was fury.
From Literature
There are those who would say he sounded snobbish or haughty or self-important.
From Literature
In the criminally short-lived series, Van Der Beek played a version of himself that was far more asinine and haughty than the actor was known to be in real life.
From Salon
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