What does haughty mean in English? Meaning of haughty definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "haughty": having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Adjective
Meaning: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthyExample: 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 usualSynonyms: disdainful
haughty
imperious
lordly
overbearing
prideful
sniffy
supercilious
swaggeringSimilar: proudAdjective: Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious. 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 3/1/1, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]: 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, chapter 3/1/1, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]: 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, […] .Synonyms:
imperious, snobbish, cavalier, indifferent, snooty, contemptuous, assuming, conceited, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, high, high and mighty, hoity-toity, lofty, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved, scornful, snotty, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, uppity, egotistical, on high horse, sniffy,
Antonyms:
meek, timid, humble, shy,
