HAUGHTY, adjective 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 16:18. 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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