HAUGHTY, a. hau'ty. from haught.
1. Proud and disdainful having a high opinion of one's self, with some contempt for others lofty and arrogant supercilious.
His wife was a woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
A haughty spirit goeth before a fall. Proverbs 16
2. Proceeding from excessive pride, or pride mingled with contempt manifesting pride and disdain as a haughty air or walk.
3. Proud and imperious as a haughty nation.
4. Lofty bold of high hazard as a haughty enterprise.
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