[responsivevoice]Haughty[/responsivevoice] [haw-tee]
The word haughty is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun.
The word haughty is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
Haughty means:
1. Arrogance
2. To be exceptionally proud
1. They are not nearly so haughty as I had imagined them to be.
2. With a haughty face, but pale and trembling too, Emma regarded him in silence.
3. Rosy gave him a look of haughty disdain.
4. Notwithstanding her haughty air, she was said to be very good and kind.
Some synonyms of the word haughty are:
proud, vain, arrogant, conceited, snobbish, stuck-up, pompous, self-important, superior, egotistical, supercilious, condescending, lofty, patronizing, smug, scornful, contemptuous, disdainful, overweening, overbearing, imperious, lordly, cavalier, high-handed, full of oneself, above oneself, etc.
Some antonyms of the word haughty are:
humble, shy, meek, timid, modest, etc.
The word of the day is ‘haughty.’
Quotation:
Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner uses control of the purse strings as a system of reward and punishment. It will also suffer if the lower earner takes a chippy, haughty attitude to spending money they haven’t actually generated themselves.
Marian Keyes
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