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Thesaurus: haughty

High; lofty; bold.

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Definitions

  1. superl. High; lofty; bold.
  2. superl. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
  3. superl. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
  4. adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  5. 1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon. 3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering. Milton.
  6. j:100 s having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy