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haughty
CEFRC2
/ˈhɔːti/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Behaving as though you are better than other people.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailConveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
Examples
That lady is haughty to a great degree.
The young girl was haughty to me.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 2
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈhoːti/
- /ˈhoːtɪj/
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In contextWhat a haughty fellow he is!
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Origin
adjective
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”).