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Haugh
(gcide) | Haugh \Haugh\ (h[add]), n. [See Haw a hedge.]
A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
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On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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haughtier
(encz) | haughtier,povýšenější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
haughtiest
(encz) | haughtiest,domýšlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožhaughtiest,povýšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
haughtily
(encz) | haughtily,domýšlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
haughtiness
(encz) | haughtiness,domýšlivost n: Zdeněk Brožhaughtiness,namyšlenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
haughty
(encz) | haughty,povýšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Haught
(gcide) | Haught \Haught\ (h[add]t), a. [See Haughty.]
High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Haughtier
(gcide) | Haughty \Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Haughtier
(h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F.
hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
Altitude.]
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1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.
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Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser.
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2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
overbearing.
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A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
--Clarendon.
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3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. --Milton.
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Haughtiest
(gcide) | Haughty \Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Haughtier
(h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F.
hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
Altitude.]
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1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.
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Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser.
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2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
overbearing.
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A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
--Clarendon.
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3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. --Milton.
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Haughtily
(gcide) | Haughtily \Haugh"ti*ly\ (h[add]"t[i^]*l[y^]), adv. [From
Haughty.]
In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
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Haughtiness
(gcide) | Haughtiness \Haugh"ti*ness\, n. [For hauteinness. See
Haughty.]
The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness;
loftiness.
Usage: Haughtiness, Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness
denotes the expression of conscious and proud
superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for
one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to
the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of
condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and
desires others to feel how far below ourselves we
consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and
demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and
deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference
which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.
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Haughty
(gcide) | Haughty \Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Haughtier
(h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F.
hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
Altitude.]
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1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.
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Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser.
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2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
overbearing.
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A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
--Clarendon.
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3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. --Milton.
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Thaught
(gcide) | Thaught \Thaught\ (th[add]t), n. (Naut.)
See Thwart.
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haughtily
(wn) | haughtily
adv 1: in a haughty manner; "he peered haughtily down his nose" |
haughtiness
(wn) | haughtiness
n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur,
high-handedness, lordliness] |
haughty
(wn) | haughty
adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social
disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners
were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very
sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my
clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood
than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty,
imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering] |
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