haughty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    overbearing; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
    • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
    • haughty aristocrats
    • his lordly manners were offensive
    • walked with a prideful swagger
    • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
    • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
    • a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

WordNet

Haugh"ty adjective
Etymology
OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude.
Wordforms
comparative Haughtier ; superlative Haughtiest
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913