having or showing arrogance
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
haugh•ty /ˈhɔti/USA pronunciation
adj., -ti•er, -ti•est.
haugh•ti•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- overly proud; arrogant:haughty demeanor.
haugh•ti•ness, n. [uncountable]
haugh•ty
(hô′tē),USA pronunciation adj., -ti•er, -ti•est.
haugh′ti•ly, adv.
haugh′ti•ness, n.
- disdainfully proud;
snobbish;
scornfully arrogant;
supercilious:haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. - [Archaic.]lofty or noble;
exalted.
- Gmc; compare Old High German hok high) + -y1
- Latin altus high, with h-
- Middle French
- obsolete haught (spelling, spelled variant of late Middle English haute 1520–30
haugh′ti•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged humble, unpretentious, unassuming.
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'haughty' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
air
- aloof
- arrogant
- big
- boojie
- cavalier
- contemptuous
- de haut en bas
- dicty
- disdain
- disdainful
- enhance
- fastuous
- freeze
- froideur
- grand
- hautboy
- haute
- hauteur
- hawser
- high
- high and mighty
- high hat
- high horse
- high-minded
- high-muck-a-muck
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- huffy
- imperious
- junker
- lofty
- lordly
- orgulous
- proud
- proudhearted
- self-important
- snippy
- stalk
- standoffish
- stiff-necked
- sublime
- superior
- surly
- talk down
- toplofty
- uppity
- upstage
- well-worn