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–adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est.

1.	disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.

2.	Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.

[Origin: 1520–30; obs. haught (sp. var. of late ME haute < MF < L altus high, with h- < Gmc; cf. OHG hok high) + -y¹

]

—Related forms

haugh·ti·ly, adverb

haugh·ti·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud.

—Antonyms 1. humble, unpretentious, unassuming.

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haugh·ty Audio Help (hô'tē) Pronunciation Key
adj. haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est
Scornfully and condescendingly proud. See Synonyms at proud.

[From Middle English haut, from Old French haut, halt, alteration (influenced by Frankish hōh, high) of Latin altus, high; see al-² in Indo-European roots.]

haugh'ti·ly adv., haugh'ti·ness n.

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haughtiness
noun
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance]

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Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See Arrogant.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak.

Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See Haughtiness.

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Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. d['e]dain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.]

1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

How my soul is moved with just disdain! --Pope.

Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness.

Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. --Shak.

2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.]

Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. --Spenser.

3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.

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Haugh"ti*ness\, n. [For hauteinness. See Haughty.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness.

Usage: Haughtiness, Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.

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Haughtiness

Haugh"ti*ness\, n. [For hauteinness. See Haughty.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness.

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