haughty
pronunciation
How to pronounce haughty in British English:
UK [ˈhɔːti]
How to pronounce haughty in American English:
US [ˈhɔːti]
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- Adjective:
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Word Origin
- haughty
- haughty: [16] To be haughty is to be ‘above oneself’, or, to put it another way, to be ‘on one’s high horse’. For etymologically, haughty means simply ‘high’. It is an alteration of an earlier, now dead English adjective haught, which was borrowed from Old French haut ‘high’, a descendant of Latin altus (whence English altitude).=> altitude
- haughty (adj.)
- "proud and disdainful," 1520s, a redundant extension of haught (q.v.) "high in one's own estimation" by addition of -y (2) on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc. Middle English also had hautif in this sense (mid-15c., from Old French hautif), and hautein "proud, haughty, arrogant; presumptuous" (c. 1300), from Old French hautain. Related: Haughtily.
Synonym
Example
- 1. His haughty response prompted mr dahal 's action .
- 2. Of some most haughty deed or thought
- 3. It shook their nave and , they now feel , haughty view .
- 4. Defiant in their haughty and arrogant inaccessibility , they seem to shout : I dare you !
- 5. Some are haughty and pander to their bosses -- the prime minister and president -- like royal courtesans .