English Explanatory Dictionary

hankty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Aloof; snobbish.
  2. Overbearing; pompous.

Word forms

hankty more hankty most hankty

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from hank + -ed + -y.

Synonyms

reserved standoffish aloof cool distant frosty hankty hard-to-get offish quiet remote strange thorny touch-me-not-ish unapproachable unbending undemonstrative unimpressionable uninvolved conceited snobbish airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery boastful bombastic buggish cocky disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent flaunting full of oneself glorious grandiose haught haughty haut high-handed high-hat high and mighty highfalutin hoity-toity holier-than-thou hubristic hubristical imperious inflated insolent la-di-da orgulous ostentatious overbearing overweening

Related words

hincty hinky
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