HAUGHTY


Meaning of HAUGHTY in English

— haughtily , adv. — haughtiness , n.

/haw"tee/ , adj., haughtier, haughtiest .

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

2. Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.

[ 1520-30; obs. haught (sp. var. of late ME haute altus high, with h- hok high) + -Y 1 ]

Syn. 1. lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud .

Ant. 1. humble, unpretentious, unassuming.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .