haughty English

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haughty

— adjective (= disdainful, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering) 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 a more swaggering mood than usual — W.L.Shirer

Synonyms haughty synonyms

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haughty English » English

arrogant

proud

conceited

overbearing

supercilious

disdainful

insolent

vain

snobbish

lordly

pompous

imperious

rude

self-important

pretentious

presumptuous

overweening

lofty

sniffy

scornful

domineering

condescending

uppity

stuck-up

prideful

orgulous

high and mighty

contemptuous

cocky

boastful

vainglorious

uppish

unfriendly

uncivil

toplofty

swaggering

superior

stiff

snooty

sneery

selfish

rough

pride

ostentatious

majestic

magnificent

luxurious

impertinent

high-hat

harsh

Topics haughty topics

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Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone

• What words describe someone who despises someone?
  contemptuous disdainful disrespectful haughty scornful snobbish superior

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words refer to thinking you are better than other people?
  snobbish snobby haughty snooty snotty superior stuck-up class-conscious