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Definition of haughty : 1. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
2. High; lofty; bold.
3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Synonyms:

exultant, attitude, authoritative, overbearing, arbitrary, commanding, contemptuous, peremptory, superior, unconditional, imperious, snide, rejoicing, swashbuckling, supreme, dictatorial, compulsory, imperative, august, lordly, prideful, sniffy, lofty, compulsive, tyrannical, dogmatic, autocratic, absolute, overweening, triumphant, insulting, scornful, swaggering, supercilious, unequivocal, triumphal, jubilant, coercive, sneering, disdainful, egotistic, domineering, controlling, authoritarian, despotic, study at proud, insolent, exacting, exulting, irresponsible, positive

self-applauding, self-important, arrogant, bombastic, inflated, boastful, pretentious, fat-headed, bragging, vain, conceited, vainglorious, windy, self-praising

self-admiring, self-centered, foppish, egocentric, self-flattering, superficial, self-satisfied

grand, crowing, proud, ostentatious, narcissistic, cocky, high-handed, assured, egoistic, high-and-mighty, smug, huffy, hoity-toity, condescending, swellheaded, preening, self-glorying, confident

Usage examples:

• I can no more affect haughty superiority to the man who painted those pictures. - "Barriers Burned Away", E. P. Roe.
• He was neither haughty in his language, nor imperious in his demeanour. - "La Vendée An Historical Romance", Anthony Trollope.
• " Well, in a way," said Anson, in a haughty, indifferent tone. - "A Dash from Diamond City", George Manville Fenn.