Haughty
adjective
Someone acting superior or too proud.
Her haughty demeanor made it hard for others to approach her.
Often appears as...
- haughty demeanor
- haughty look
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Disapproving
adjective
Someone acting superior or too proud.
Her haughty demeanor made it hard for others to approach her.
Often appears as...
- haughty demeanor
- haughty look
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Disdain
Haughty can imply a quiet disdain or contempt for others that may not be overtly expressed.
Her haughty silence spoke volumes as she dismissed their suggestions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Words
'Haughty' can describe actions or body language, not just verbal expression.
He gave her a haughty glance and turned away.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Situations
Haughty behavior may particularly stand out in social situations where humility or equality is expected.
His haughty remarks at the dinner table were off-putting.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Disdain
Haughty can imply a quiet disdain or contempt for others that may not be overtly expressed.
Her haughty silence spoke volumes as she dismissed their suggestions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Words
'Haughty' can describe actions or body language, not just verbal expression.
He gave her a haughty glance and turned away.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Situations
Haughty behavior may particularly stand out in social situations where humility or equality is expected.
His haughty remarks at the dinner table were off-putting.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Disdain
Haughty can imply a quiet disdain or contempt for others that may not be overtly expressed.
Her haughty silence spoke volumes as she dismissed their suggestions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Words
'Haughty' can describe actions or body language, not just verbal expression.
He gave her a haughty glance and turned away.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Situations
Haughty behavior may particularly stand out in social situations where humility or equality is expected.
His haughty remarks at the dinner table were off-putting.
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Danny Hillis: Back to...
We're right at that point of transition. But I think that there really is something coming along after us. I think it's very haughty of us to think that we're the end product of evolution. And I think all of us here are a part of producing whatever that next thing is.
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Danny Hillis: Back to...
We're right at that point of transition. But I think that there really is something coming along after us. I think it's very haughty of us to think that we're the end product of evolution. And I think all of us here are a part of producing whatever that next thing is.
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Scott Anderson
American Journalist
Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.
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Toby Stephens
English Actor
I've been misconstrued because I speak in a certain way. I find it obnoxious how it defines you, somehow limits your ability to understand the human condition. You can't be allowed near emotions; you play these curling-lipped, haughty characters. This awful label - 'the posh Toby Stephens' - I'm not posh!
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
I get accused of having a haughty smugness. I have a lopsided mouth. I can't help it. I was born with it. It looks as if I am smirking. I have had my publicist tell me, 'Don't do that smile on the red carpet.' I'm, like, 'That's my smile.
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Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers.
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Edith Wharton
American Author
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Alarm bells ring when a politician stands haughty upon his honour.
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Jefferson Davis
American Leader
Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.
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Jemele Hill
American Journalist
We Americans can be haughty. We can be delusional.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.
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Scott Anderson
American Journalist
Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.
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Toby Stephens
English Actor
I've been misconstrued because I speak in a certain way. I find it obnoxious how it defines you, somehow limits your ability to understand the human condition. You can't be allowed near emotions; you play these curling-lipped, haughty characters. This awful label - 'the posh Toby Stephens' - I'm not posh!
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
I get accused of having a haughty smugness. I have a lopsided mouth. I can't help it. I was born with it. It looks as if I am smirking. I have had my publicist tell me, 'Don't do that smile on the red carpet.' I'm, like, 'That's my smile.
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Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers.
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Edith Wharton
American Author
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Alarm bells ring when a politician stands haughty upon his honour.
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Jefferson Davis
American Leader
Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.
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Jemele Hill
American Journalist
We Americans can be haughty. We can be delusional.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.
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