Haughtiest

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haughty \Haugh"ty\ (h[add]"t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Haughtier}
     (h[add]"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F.
     hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See
     {Altitude}.]
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     1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]


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              To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Equal unto this haughty enterprise.   --Spenser.
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     2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
        overbearing.
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              A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
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              Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
              Came towering.                        --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  haughtiest
       See {haughty}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  haughty
       adj : having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
             those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
             disdainful of their colleagues in other social
             disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly
             manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful
             swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";
             "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";
             "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood
             than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: {disdainful}, {lordly}, {prideful},
              {sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}]
       [also: {haughtiest}, {haughtier}]