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haughty
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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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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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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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