haughty
/ˈhɔːti/
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British/ˈhoːtɪj/
haughty adjective: conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
Adjective
haughty (comparative haughtier, superlative haughtiest)
- Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […].1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
- Synonyms:
- airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent, boastful, lordly
haughty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
haughty in Hindi
- disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority
- घमंडी ghamaṇḍī, अभिमानी abhimānī, दंभी dambhī, अहंकारी ahaṅkārī
haughty in Tamil
- அலட்சியத்துடன், செருக்கு வாய்ந்த, அகந்தையுடன், தான் உயர்ந்தவன் என்ற நினைப்புடன்
haughty in Urdu
- اکڑفوں, مغرور
haughty in Bengali
- অহংকারী, উদ্ধত, অন্যের প্রতি অবজ্ঞাপূর্ণ আচরণ
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- haughty in Malayalam
- അഹങ്കാര ahaṅkāra
- haughty in Kannada
- ಜಂಬದ, ಸೊಕ್ಕಿನ, ಗರ್ವದ, ಅಹಂಕಾರದ
- haughty in Sanskrit
- उदात्त udātta, प्रवृद्ध pravṛddhá, गुरु gurú
- haughty in Arabic
- مُتَعَالٍ mutaʕālin, الْمُتَعَالِي al-mutaʕālī, مُتَكَبِّر mutakabbir, مُتَغَطْرِس mutaḡaṭris
- haughty in Persian
- برمنش barmaneš
Examples of haughty in a sentence
- The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.
- "Now you may have the traditional cramp-rings," Anne said, in that same high-pitched, haughty voice.
- They were always a haughty family, stand-offish in a way, as they've a right to be.
Synonyms of haughty
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- bombastic
- cocky
- conceited
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistical
- entitled
- flaunting
- full of oneself
- grandiose
- hankty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- high and mighty
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- holier-than-thou
- hubristic
- hubristical
- imperious
- inflated
- insolent
- la-di-da
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overweening
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- priggish
Forms of haughty
| comparative | haughtier |
|---|---|
| superlative | haughtiest |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hautie |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hauty |
Origin of haughty
From earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of English naughty and English high, from Middle English hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *hauteinnesse; see haughtiness), from Middle English haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”).
Words formed from haughty
Words that rhyme with haughty
Questions about haughty
- What does haughty mean?
- Haughty means conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- What is haughty in Hindi?
- Haughty in Hindi is घमंडी (ghamaṇḍī), अभिमानी (abhimānī), दंभी (dambhī). See Haughty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is haughty?
- Haughty is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce haughty?
- Haughty is pronounced /ˈhɔːti/ (UK).
Words near haughty in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: haughty (page history and authors); haughty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); haughty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); haughty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); haughty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उदात्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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