WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
haugh•ty /ˈhɔti/USA pronunciation
adj., -ti•er, -ti•est.
haugh•ti•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- overly proud; arrogant:haughty demeanor.
haugh•ti•ness, n. [uncountable]
haugh•ty
(hô′tē),USA pronunciation adj., -ti•er, -ti•est.
haugh′ti•ly, adv.
haugh′ti•ness, n.
- disdainfully proud;
snobbish;
scornfully arrogant;
supercilious:haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. - [Archaic.]lofty or noble;
exalted.
- Gmc; compare Old High German hok high) + -y1
- Latin altus high, with h-
- Middle French
- obsolete haught (spelling, spelled variant of late Middle English haute 1520–30
haugh′ti•ness, n.
- 1. lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud.
- 1. humble, unpretentious, unassuming.
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