The Collaborative International Dictionary
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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High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]
To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
--Spenser.Equal unto this haughty enterprise.
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Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
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Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: haughty)
WordNet
See 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]
Usage examples of "haughtier".
Just at first I fancied it was my Lily's voicesomething like hers, it wasbut haughtier if you know what I meansort of high up in the air.
Then the little spy sat up straighter and put on a haughtier air than ever.