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haughty

[haw-tee]

adjective

haughtier, haughtiest 
  1. disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious: a haughty salesclerk.

    haughty aristocrats;

    a haughty salesclerk.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms: , ,
  2. Archaic.lofty or noble; exalted.



haughty

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. having or showing arrogance

  2. archaicnoble or exalted

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • haughtily adverb
  • haughtiness noun
  • overhaughtily adverb
  • overhaughty adjective
  • ˈ󲹳ܲپ adverb
  • ˈ󲹳ܲپԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of haughty1

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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of haughty1

C16: from Old French haut, literally: lofty, from Latin altus high
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The air of prestige and haughty pretension that surrounds even the mere mention of the Cannes Film Festival might not conjure the words “shark movie” in your mind.

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The mute was maddening, but the mute was magnificent, the daily humbling of a haughty hack, an humiliating dose of accountability in a world dominated by thoughtless hot takes.

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Marie-France has always denied this and, at the stand, came across as haughty and frequently defiant in the face of the accusations levelled at her.

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City Hall, which looms to the south like the haughty older civic cousin it is.

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Back in 2022, the Padres won this series in four games against a haughty Dodgers team that lacked intensity.

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