What does haughty mean?
Definitions for haughty
ˈhɔ tihaughty
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Princeton's WordNet
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
Wiktionary
haughtyadjective
Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
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 Dictionary
HAUGHTYadjective
Etymology: hautaine, French.
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.Our vanquish’d wills that pleasing force obey:
Her goodness takes our liberty away;
And haughty Britain yields to arbitrary sway. Matthew Prior.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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Haughty
high; lofty; bold
Haughty
disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing
Haughty
indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage
Etymology: [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 Contribution
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
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of haughty in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of haughty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of haughty in a Sentence
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.
Compassion is not pity, not even empathetic pity. There is arrogance and haughty pride in pitying others. Compassion is when we are confronted with another’s suffering and we suffer with them. Their pain is ours. We are motivated to relieve their suffering. When we feel true compassion we help those who suffer, not as a cathartic release, but because it breaks our heart that they are hurting. I have not always known or believed these things, but I am thankful that I do now.
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.
Never be haughty to the humble never be humble to the haughty.
Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.
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- متعالي, متغطرس, متكبرArabic
- arrogant, orgullós, superbCatalan, Valencian
- povýšený, pyšnýCzech
- hochmütig, stolzGerman
- υπεροπτικόςGreek
- soberbioSpanish
- برمنشPersian
- ylimielinen, koppava, mahtailevaFinnish
- hautainFrench
- àrdanachScottish Gaelic
- अभिमानीHindi
- dölyfösHungarian
- arrogante, superbo, altero, altezzoso, orgogliosoItalian
- 尊大, 高慢, 横柄, 傲慢Japanese
- ಅಹಂಕಾರKannada
- superbusLatin
- iedomīgs, uzpūtīgsLatvian
- whakakakeMāori
- hoogmoedig, hooghartigDutch
- wyniosłyPolish
- soberbo, vanglorioso, imodestoPortuguese
- mândruRomanian
- высокоме́рный, презри́тельный, надме́нный, надменныйRussian
- nadmen, надменSerbo-Croatian
- högfärdig, högdragen, högmodig, överlägsenSwedish
- หยิ่งผยองThai
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