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high-sighted

high-sighted adjective: haughty or arrogant.

Adjective

high-sighted (comparative more high-sighted, superlative most high-sighted)

  1. (obsolete) haughty or arrogant.
    • So let high-sighted tyranny range on1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of high-sighted

comparativemore high-sighted
superlativemost high-sighted

Questions about high-sighted

What does high-sighted mean?
High-sighted means haughty or arrogant.
What part of speech is high-sighted?
High-sighted is an adjective.

Words near high-sighted in the dictionary

  1. high-seeded
  2. high-side
  3. high-sided
  4. high-sides
  5. high-siding
  6. high-sighted
  7. high-sounding
  8. high-spec
  9. high-speed
  10. high-speed rail
  11. high-speed steel

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