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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: haughtiest
haughtiest
See
haughty
haughty
adj : having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy;
“some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social
disciplines”;
“haughty aristocrats”;
“his lordly
manners were offensive”;
“walked with a prideful
swagger”;
“very sniffy about breaches of etiquette”;
“his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air”;
“shaggy supercilious camels”;
“a more swaggering mood
than usual”- W.L.Shirer [syn:
disdainful,
lordly,
prideful,
sniffy,
supercilious,
swaggering]
[also:
haughtiest,
haughtier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Haughtiest
Haughty
\Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar.
Haughtier
(h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl.
Haughtiest.] [OE. hautein, F.
hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
Altitude.]
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1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.
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Equal unto this haughty enterprise. --Spenser.
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2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
overbearing.
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A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
--Clarendon.
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3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. --Milton.
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