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adjective

Haughty adj. (compar. haughtier; superl. haughtiest)

High; lofty; bold. (Obs. or Archaic) "To measure the most haughty mountain's height." "Equal unto this haughty enterprise."

Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. "A woman of a haughty and imperious nature."

Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. "Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came towering."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Haughty" Quotes from Famous Books

... exceedingly, he was very sorry when she died. Finding himself quite unhappy for her loss, he resolved to marry a second time, thinking by this means he should be as happy as before. Unfortunately, however, the lady he chanced to fix upon was the proudest and most haughty woman ever known; she was always out of humour with every one; nobody could please her, and she returned the civilities of those about her with the most affronting disdain. She had two daughters ...

— Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories - A Book for Bairns and Big Folk • Robert Ford

... person indulging in them sink lower and lower. But Burlingham could not have taken that way. He was the adventurer born, was a hardy seasoned campaigner who had never looked on life in the snob's way, had never felt the impulse to apologize for his defeats or to grow haughty over his successes. Susan was an apt pupil; and for the career that lay before her his instructions were invaluable. He was teaching her how to keep the craft afloat and shipshape through the worst weather that can sweep ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... you." Young Egmont, who had been captured, fighting bravely at the head of coward troops, by Julian Romero, who nine years before had stood on his father's scaffold, regarded this brutal scene with haughty indignation. This behaviour had more effect upon Roda than the suppleness of Capres. "I am sorry for your misfortune, Count," said the councillor, without however rising from his chair; "such is the lot of those who take arms against their King." This was the unfortunate ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... not to be pacified by apologies however abject, or explanations however convincing. Implacable, and maintaining a haughty silence, she packed her suitcase and put an outing flannel nightgown—with a nap so long that it looked like a fur garment—in a fishnet bag. Having made stiff adieux to the party, she went and sat down on a rock by the roadside to await some passerby who would take ...

— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart

... thought then, that, when you got high-headed and haughty on any subject agin, mebby you would remember that pass, and be more modest ...

— Sweet Cicely - Or Josiah Allen as a Politician • Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

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