Synonyms for haughty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : haw-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔ ti |
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Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for haughty
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