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- Dictionaryhaughty/ˈhɔːti/
adjective
- 1. arrogantly superior and disdainful: "a look of haughty disdain"
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HAUGHTY definition: 1. unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people: 2. unfriendly and seeming…. Learn more.
The word haughty communicates a kind of pride that is obviously full of contempt for others deemed inferior or unworthy. The word is not applied only to people. Haughty often modifies nouns like glare, look, appearance, and attitude.
HAUGHTY meaning: 1. unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people: 2. unfriendly and seeming…. Learn more.
Haughty definition: disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious. See examples of HAUGHTY used in a sentence.
Someone who is haughty is arrogant and full of pride. When you're haughty, you have a big attitude and act like you're better than other people. A haughty person acts superior and looks down on others. Haughty people are disdainful, overbearing, prideful, swaggering, and obnoxious.
haughty - 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 ...
HAUGHTY definition: showing that you think you are much better or more important than other people: . Learn more.
