haughty
AdjectiveUS[haw-tee]/ˈhɔti/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)haughtier, haughtiest
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy“some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines”“haughty aristocrats”“his lordly manners were offensive”“walked with a prideful swagger”“very sniffy about breaches of etiquette”“his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air”“a more swaggering mood than usual — W.L.Shirer”Synonyms: disdainfulimperiouslordlyoverbearingpridefulsniffysuperciliousswaggeringOpposite humbleSimilar proud
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Haugh′ty (ha̤′ty̆), adjective [Compar. Haughtier (ha̤′wb-a1′>′tĭ·ẽr); superlative Haughtiest.]
Origin: OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.
1. High; lofty; bold. Obs. or Archaic
To measure the most haughty mountain's height.— Edmund Spenser
Equal unto this haughty enterprise.— Edmund Spenser
2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering.— John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54