Definitions for haughty

haughty haugh·ty

Spelling: [haw-tee]
IPA: /ˈhɔ ti/

Haughty is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in haughty (aghhtuy).

Definitions for haughty

adjective

  1. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious:
  2. Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.

Origin of haughty

1520-30; obsolete haught (spelling variant of late Middle English haute Middle French Latin altus high, with h- Germanic; compare Old High German hok high) + -y1

Examples for haughty

They have to rebut his lies, and they have to do it without sounding bitter or afraid or superior or haughty.

But haughty talk may not dissuade Italians from following their former leader.

But these are not times when we need to be uplifted and showered with haughty rhetoric.

And not the least haughty or intimidating or acerbic, but helpful, constructive, and conscientious.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

The haughty smile was yet on his lip when the door opened and the prince entered.

Notwithstanding her haughty air, she was said to be very good and kind.

"Which is as much as to say that I took it," burst from haughty Roland.

"I crave pardon," interrupted Aspasia, with haughty impatience.

The haughty droop of the eyes was focussed now upon the Assistant Commissioner.

Word Value for haughty
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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