haughty Definition
haughty (hôt′ē)
haughty Related Forms
haugh′·tily adverb
haugh′·ti·ness noun
haughty Synonyms
haughty Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- spirit: Misfortune has broken my once haughty spirit; I yield, I submit; ' tis my fate.
- manner: She stooped to free the dog from its leash and then carried on walking in a haughty manner closer to us.
- disdain: How people can stand back and laugh with haughty disdain at such magnificence puzzles me.
- broadsheet: Anorak pokes fun every weekday at Britain's infamous tabloids, haughty broadsheets and fawning society magazines.. .
- attitude: Helen antagonizes the women straight away by her haughty attitude in the dining room when she refuses to eat her food.
- voice: British people loathed the sound of his haughty voice and nicknamed him Lord Haw-Haw.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: But tho he was rather haughty, we were fond of him.
- too: He is too haughty to listen to truth from the lips of any of his fellow men.
- not: The Lord is looking for people whose hearts are not haughty but humble before him.
- so: Charles, my brother's friend, asked, " why so haughty?
- very: She could be a real ' prima donna ' and very haughty at times but she was very much loved.
- somewhat: As twilight drew close, the Master Wizard escorted the beancounter to his coach and horses, and his patient, somewhat haughty driver.

