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haugh⋅ty

  [haw-tee]
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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) + -y 1

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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