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  1. 1. superl. High; lofty; bold. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy Source: ecdict

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