haughty
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haughty
- /ˈhɔːti/ UK
- /ˈhoːtɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈhɔti/ US
- /ˈhɑti/ US, cot caught merger
- /ˈhoːti/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈhɔte/ Scotland
Sounds like hottie (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːti
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective haughtier · haughtiest · hautie · hauty
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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, […].
Similar: airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent, boastful, lordly, bombastic, buggish
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adj disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority
| Español | soberbio, altanero, altivo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거만하다 geomanhada |
| 日本語 | 高慢な kōman na, 傲慢な gōman na, 横柄な ōhei na, 尊大な sondai na |
| 中文 | 傲慢 àomàn, 高傲 gāo'ào, 驕傲 /骄傲 jiāo'ào |
| हिन्दी | घमंडी ghamaṇḍī, अभिमानी abhimānī, दंभी dambhī, अहंकारी ahaṅkārī |
| Português | soberbo, vanglorioso, imodesto, altivo |
| Français | hautain, suffisant |
| Deutsch | hochmütig, stolz, überheblich, arrogant, hochnäsig, eingebildet |
| Italiano | superbo, orgoglioso, altero, altezzoso, arrogante, albagioso |
| Ελληνικά | υπεροπτικός yperoptikós, αλαζών alazón, αλαζόνας alazónas, αλαζονικός alazonikós |
| Română | mândru |
| Русский | высокоме́рный vysokomérnyj, презри́тельный prezrítelʹnyj, надме́нный nadménnyj, напы́щенный napýščennyj, высокопа́рный vysokopárnyj, вы́спренний výsprennij |
| العربية | مُتَعَالٍ mutaʕālin, الْمُتَعَالِي al-mutaʕālī, مُتَكَبِّر mutakabbir, مُتَغَطْرِس mutaḡaṭris, غِطْرِس ḡiṭris, غِطْرِيس ḡiṭrīs |
| עברית | יָהִיר yahír, שַׁחְצָן shaẖtzán |
Talk about this word "haughty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/haughty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. haughty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/haughty "haughty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/haughty.Cite this
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title = {haughty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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