Dictionary

haughty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• hô′tē
• /ˈhoːtɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɔte/ (Scotland)
• /ˈhoːti/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈhɔti/ without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈhɑti/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈhɔːti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From earlier hauty, haultic, with spelling change in imitation of English naughty and English high, from Middle English hautein, hautain (with -ein, -ain becoming -y through the form hautenesse standing for *hauteinnesse; see haughtiness), from Middle English haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, lofty, proud”) and Latin altus (“high, deep”).

Meanings

1. Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
   • How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […]. 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

Forms

Deriveds

outhaughty · overhaughty · haughtily · haughtiness · haughten

Relateds

haught · haut · hauteur · old

Synonyms

snotty · domineering · thrasonic · conceited · haut · toploftical · chesty · vain · turgescent · uppish · haughty · upstage · uppy · arrogant · high-handed · hubristical · orgulous · highfalutin · full of oneself · pompous · turgid · buggish · biggity · overweening · glorious · hoity-toity · egotistical · inflated · high-hat · supercilious · entitled · presumptuous · self-important · priggish · bombastic · insolent · stuck up · disdainful · high and mighty · snobbish · authoritarian · thrasonical · hubristic · tumid · imperious · grandiose · puffed up · flaunting · lordly · overbearing · snooty · pretentious · holier-than-thou · flatulent · big-headed · ostentatious · uppity · hankty · la-di-da · sanctimonious · boastful · cocky · blustery · stout · haught · airy · toplofty

Translations (145)

it superbo (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · it altero (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga mórtasach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk бундю́чний (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cs povýšenecký (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk зарозумі́лий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cs pyšný (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cy ffroenuchel (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga foruallach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sk povýšený (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk гонори́стий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga toirtéiseach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hu nagyképű (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de hochnäsig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cmn 高傲 (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · nb ovenpå (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ro mândru (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hu beképzelt (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fr hautain (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be пыхлі́вы (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · nb høyferdig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · es soberbio (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk гордови́тий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sv högfärdig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk згі́рдливий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pl wyniosły (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ar مُتَغَطْرِس (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be фанабэ́рысты (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hy գոռոզություն (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hi अहंकारी (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · it arrogante (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk гордува́тий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pt altivo (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · lv iedomīgs (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cs nadutý (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sv högmodig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · mk надмен (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hu gőgös (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fi koppava (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk пихли́вий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru зано́счивый (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ar مُتَكَبِّر (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pl zarozumiały (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ar غِطْرِيس (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · txb śarware (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · he שַׁחְצָן (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sh nadmen (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sv överlägsen (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fr suffisant (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · nl hoogmoedig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · la superbus (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ml അഹങ്കാര (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · mi whakakake (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · it orgoglioso (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · he יָהִיר (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ja 傲慢な (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pt vanglorioso (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ko 거만하다 (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cs povýšený (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ca superb (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pdt huachnäsich (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · el αλαζονικός (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hi दंभी (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be напы́шлівы (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cmn 驕傲 /骄傲 (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · bg надме́нен (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru высокопа́рный (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga uaibhreach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gl altivo (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ar الْمُتَعَالِي (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · nrf hautain (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru высокоме́рный (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de hochmütig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fi kopea (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · el υπεροπτικός (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fa برمنش (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru презри́тельный (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ja 横柄な (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gl fachendoso (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be пага́рдлівы (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · cmn 傲慢 (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga ceannard (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ca orgullós (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de hochfahrend (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be заразуме́лы (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hu fölényes (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ca altívol (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fi ylimielinen (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be ганарлі́вы (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ja 尊大な (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gd àrdanach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ar غِطْرِس (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hu fennhéjázó (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · el αλαζόνας (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de überheblich (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru спеси́вый (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga airdiúil (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sk pyšný (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be ганары́сты (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · es altivo (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sv högdragen (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de stolz (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be гардава́ты (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · bg гордел́ив (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ja 高慢な (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · nl hooghartig (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk пиндю́чливий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · sh надмен (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga móiréiseach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · enm digne (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ca altiu (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hi अभिमानी (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · lv uzpūtīgs (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · grc γαῦρος (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pt soberbo (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · egy q-A-A28-Aa17-Z1 (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk фуду́льний (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · bg високоме́рен (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · pt imodesto (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hu dölyfös (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga arduallach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · it albagioso (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · uk пиха́тий (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · fi mahtaileva (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ar مُتَعَالٍ (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · be высакаме́рны (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · mk горделив (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru надме́нный (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga anuaibhreach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru гордели́вый (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de arrogant (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ca arrogant (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gl soberbio (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · el αλαζών (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru напы́щенный (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · es altanero (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga teidealach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · de eingebildet (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gl orgulloso (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gl atufado (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · it altezzoso (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · hi घमंडी (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ga iarlaitheach (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · ru вы́спренний (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) · gl arrogante (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority)