haughty
Other forms: haughtiest; haughtier
Someone who is haughty is arrogant and full of pride. When you're haughty, you have a big attitude and act like you're better than other people.
A haughty person acts superior and looks down on others. Haughty people are disdainful, overbearing, prideful, swaggering, and obnoxious. Acting amazed that others haven't heard of a hot new band is haughty. Speaking in a cocky or superior way is haughty. The word even sounds a little like its meaning: it's hard to say haughty without sounding like you have an attitude. If you're acting like others are beneath you, you're being haughty.
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy“haughty aristocrats”
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synonyms:
disdainful, imperious, lofty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
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proud
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
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proud
/ˈhɔdi/
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