English Explanatory Dictionary

haughty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɔːti/ /ˈhoːtɪj/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haughty.wav /ˈhɔti/ /ˈhɑti/ /ˈhoːti/ /ˈhɔte/

Word forms

haughty haughtier haughtiest hautie hauty

Etymology

From earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of English naughty and English high, from Middle English hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *hauteinnesse; see haughtiness), from Middle English haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”).

Synonyms

airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery boastful bombastic buggish cocky conceited disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent flaunting full of oneself glorious grandiose hankty 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 pompous presumptuous pretentious priggish puffed up sanctimonious self-important snobbish snooty snotty stout stuck up supercilious thrasonic thrasonical toploftical toplofty tumid turgid

Related words

haught haut hauteur old

Derived words

haughtily haughtiness outhaughty overhaughty
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