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haughtyhaugh‧ty /ˈhɔːti $ ˈhɒː-/ adjective   haughtyOrigin: 1500-1600 haught ‘haughty’ (15-19 centuries), from French haut ‘high’ - Jessica turned away with a haughty look on her face.
- People thought of him as being haughty and difficult to talk to.
- Are frowning and haughty tyrants to be preferred to generous Lords?
- Bella came out of prison as haughty as when she went in.
- If he attempts to talk to you, you will flick him a haughty glance and say nothing.
- She flicked him a haughty smile, then strode briskly on.
- Under different circumstances, this would have sounded patronizing, a wilted bouquet tossed by a haughty victor.
someone who thinks they are better than other people► snob someone who thinks that they are better than people from a lower social class: · Since going to university he'd become a snob, embarrassed by his family.· I don't want to sound like a snob, but I found the decor vulgar. ► snobbish someone who is snobbish thinks that they are better than people from a lower class, so that they will not be friendly with them or do the things they do: · Some people find her snobbish, but she's really just shy.· his snobbish attitude to soap operas on TVsnobbish about: · She's very snobbish about people who live in the suburbs. ► stuck-up informal someone who is stuck-up thinks that they are better than other people, and behaves in a proud, unfriendly way: · The children who go to that school are a bit stuck-up.· a pompous, stuck-up little man ► pompous someone who is pompous tries to sound important, especially by using very long or formal words: · She found him pompous and annoying.· The headteacher gave a pompous speech about 'the values of learning'. ► self-important thinking you are much more important than you really are: · As a waiter, he had grown to despise self-important customers.· He was one of those self-important little officials who made everyone call him "Sir". ► haughty someone who is haughty behaves in a proud and very unfriendly way, as if they think other people are completely unimportant: · People thought of him as being haughty and difficult to talk to.· Jessica turned away with a haughty look on her face. ► snotty informal rude and unfriendly because you think you are better than other people: · The hotel receptionist was a bit snotty to me this morning.· a bunch of snotty rich kids behaving in a proud unfriendly way → stuck up:  a haughty laugh—haughtily adverb—haughtiness noun [uncountable] |