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Meaning of 'haughty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Haughty [ superl.]
- High; lofty; bold.
- Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
- Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Meaning of 'haughty' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . haughty [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example in sentence:
  • a more swaggering mood than usual;
  • haughty aristocrats;
  • his lordly manners were offensive;
  • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air;
  • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines;
  • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette;
  • walked with a prideful swagger

Nearby Words:

haubergeon hauberk hauerite haugh haught haughtily haughtiness haul haulage hauled

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