# haughty

Pronunciation: say "HAW-tee" US /ˈhɔti/, UK /ˈhɔːti/

## Adjective

1. Showing by one's manner an assumption of being superior to others, and treating them with disdain.
   - Simple: Acting as if you are better than other people.
   - _The duchess answered their questions with a haughty silence._
   - _He grew haughtier with every promotion, barely nodding to his old friends in the hallway._

## Origin

From earlier hauty, from Middle English hautein, hautain and haute, "self-important", from Old French haut, hault, "high, lofty", from Frankish *hauh, *hōh, "high, lofty, proud", and Latin altus, "high, deep". The spelling changed in imitation of English naughty and high.

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