haughty Definition

haughty
adj

haughtier, haughtiest
1. Very proud; arrogant or contemptuous.

Thesaurus: arrogant, vain, conceited, fatuous, high, high-and-mighty, scornful, imperious, proud, elitist, disdainful, stiff-necked, supercilious; Antonym: friendly, humble.

Derivative: haughtily
adverb

Derivative: haughtiness
noun

Fierce pride or arrogance
Thesaurus: arrogance, disdain, condescension, contempt, insolence, hauteur, imperiousness; airs, pomposity, snobbishness, elitism, aloofness, loftiness; Antonym: friendliness, humility.

Etymology: 16c: from French haut lofty, from Latin altus high.