Definitions for haughty
ˈhɔ tihaughty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 7 votes

1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggeringadjective

   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 with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. haughtyadjective

   Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

2. Etymology: From earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of naughty and high, from hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *; see haughtiness), from haute, from haut, from * and altus. More at high, old.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HAUGHTYadjective

   Etymology: hautaine, French.

   1. Proud; lofty; insolent; arrogant; contemptuous.

   His wife, being a woman of a haughty and imperious nature, and of a wit superior to his, quickly resented the disrespect she received from him. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   I shall sing of battles, blood and rage,
   And haughty souls, that mov’d with mutual hate,
   In fighting fields pursu’d and found their fate. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. Proudly great.

   Our vanquish’d wills that pleasing force obey:
   Her goodness takes our liberty away;
   And haughty Britain yields to arbitrary sway. Matthew Prior.

   3. Bold; adventurous.

   Who now shall give me words and sound
   Equal unto this haughty enterprize?
   Or who shall lend me wings, with which from ground
   My lowly verse may loftily arise? Fairy Queen, b. ii.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. haughty

   Haughty refers to having or displaying an arrogantly superior and disdainful attitude or behavior. It suggests a proud, self-important manner, often characterized by a contemptuous disregard for others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Haughty

   high; lofty; bold

2. Haughty

   disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing

3. Haughty

   indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage

4. Etymology: [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Haughty

   haw′ti, adj. proud: arrogant: contemptuous: (arch.) bold: (Spens.) high—Shakespeare has Haught.—adv. Haught′ily.—n. Haught′iness. [O. Fr. halt, haut, high—L. altus, high.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. haughty

   How am I being naughty and what do y'all want from me I'm not a mindreader

   I'm not being naughty. Being myself I suppose

   
   

   Submitted by klynnallen1991 on April 25, 2022  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haughty in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haughty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of haughty in a Sentence

1. Jefferson Davis:

   Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.

2. Jefferson Davis:

   Never be haughty to the humble never be humble to the haughty.

3. William Hazlitt:

   Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty, trifling, affected, servile, despotic, mean and ambitious, precise and fantastical, all in a breath -- tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.

4. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert:

   I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.

5. Homer:

   Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=haughty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haughty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=haughty
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haughty
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=haughty