haughty
adjective
[ ˈhɔːti ]
• arrogantly superior and disdainful.
• "a look of haughty disdain"
Similar:
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,
snooty,
sniffy,
hoity-toity,
uppity,
uppish,
cocky,
big-headed,
swollen-headed,
puffed up,
high and mighty,
la-di-da,
fancy-pants,
on one's high horse,
too big for one's boots,
toffee-nosed,
chesty,
too big for one's breeches,
vainglorious,
Origin:
mid 16th century: extended form of obsolete haught, earlier haut, from Old French, from Latin altus ‘high’.
