Antonyms for haughty

Grammar : Adj

Spell : haw-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔ ti

Definition of haughty

Origin : 1520s, an extension of haught (q.v.) "high in one's own estimation" by addition of -y (2) on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc. Middle English also had hautif in this sense (mid-15c., from Old French hautif). Related: Haughtily.

adj arrogant

Example sentences :

"I crave pardon," interrupted Aspasia, with haughty impatience.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Notwithstanding her haughty air, she was said to be very good and kind.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

The haughty droop of the eyes was focussed now upon the Assistant Commissioner.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

The haughty smile was yet on his lip when the door opened and the prince entered.
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Which is as much as to say that I took it," burst from haughty Roland.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

To bring it from its haughty, rebellious pedestal, down to cordiality and love.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

And what a solemn desert it was, full of the silence of haughty desolation.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

They are not nearly so haughty as I had imagined them to be.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

With a haughty face, but pale and trembling too, Emma regarded him in silence.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Wilkes' Spirit of the Times is unrelenting in its haughty independence.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Synonyms for haughty

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