Haughty

ahd-5
  • adjective. Scornfully and condescendingly proud. synonym: arrogant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • High; elevated: same as haut, 1.
  • Lofty; bold; adventurous.
  • Proud and disdainful; feeling superior to others; lofty and arrogant in feeling or manner; supercilious.
  • Proceeding from excessive pride, or pride mingled with contempt; manifesting a sense of superiority: as, a haughty air or walk; a haughty tone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. High; lofty; bold.
  • adjective. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
  • adjective. Indicating haughtiness.
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  • adjective. Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    • Word Usage
    "Janet Bronaugh used the term haughty culturalist in a 2003 article for Phipps"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    affable  agreeable  humble  servile  
    Equivalent
    proud  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    biscotti  doughty  naughty  zloty  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ambitious  aristocratic  arrogant  contemptuous  fierce  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Olympian  aerial  airy  aloof  altitudinous  
    variant
    haughtier  haughtiest  
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